At a Glance Part of a fishing pier in Galveston broke away.Water covered streets and surrounded homes.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued disaster declarations for 29 counties.Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency. This article is no longer being updated. For the latest on Tropical Storm Beta impacts, click here. Water rushed through streets and surrounded homes in low-lying parts of coastal Texas and Louisiana Monday as Tropical Storm Beta moved in. "," Galveston County Judge Mark Henry...

At a Glance The fast-growing brush fire broke out Sunday morning and spread quickly.Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for about 2,000 people.Adventist Health St. Helena was transferring all patients.Red flag fire warnings continue for much of Northern California. A fast-growing brush fire in California’s Napa Valley wine country has forced evacuations near Deer Park north of St. Helena. Adventist Health St. Helena announced it was and all patients, about 50, were being transferred. Napa County sheriff’s deputies alerted residents about...

At a Glance Hurricane Sally came ashore near Gulf Shores.The mayor regrets not taking the storm more seriously.A Florida sheriff said officials didn't anticipate the storm's devastation. Two officials whose communities took the brunt of Hurricane Sally's wind and flooding say they were caught off guard by the storm's ferocity, despite being under hurricane and storm surge warnings. Robert Craft, the mayor of Gulf Shores, Alabama, regrets not taking Sally more seriously. “This thing ... kind of us, everybody," Craft...