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President Trump approved Governor Gavin Newsom’s request for a federal emergency declaration Monday to support response efforts after a hazardous chemical incident at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove, Orange County.
Crews responding to the chemical leak at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove said Sunday they may have found a pressure-relieving crack in the leaking storage tank — a discovery that, if confirmed, could change the response...
Police video released by Beeville authorities shows first responders pulling an infant from a car that became trapped in rising floodwaters after driving into a flooded low-water crossing in southern Texas.
More than 44,000 people remained under evacuation orders in several Southern California communities after a leaking chemical tank at an Orange County aerospace facility was judged likely to fail and could possibly...
Tens of thousands of people in Southern California were ordered to evacuate after officials warned a storage tank at an aerospace facility was likely to fail and could either rupture and spill its contents or explode....
Tens of thousands of residents in Southern California were ordered to evacuate Friday after officials warned that a chemical tank at an aerospace facility is in a critical state and could either rupture or explode.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released its 2026 Atlantic hurricane season outlook. CBS News meteorologist Jessica Burch summarized the agency’s update and explained what the forecast...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is forecasting a below-average 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. The outlook, released ahead of the June 1 start, projects 8 to 14 named storms, 3 to 6 of which...
Rob Marciano / May 18, 2026 — Violent storms over the weekend spawned destructive tornadoes across the Plains and upper Midwest, with at least 22 tornado reports in five states from Kansas to Minnesota. Homes were...
Jonathan Vigliotti, a CBS News national correspondent who covered last year’s devastating Southern California wildfires, examines a municipal failure and a hasty recovery in his new book Torched: How a City Was Left to...
When volunteers are not what they seem After a powerful hurricane flattened neighborhoods, pickup trucks and vans rolled into town loaded with tools, meals and offers of help. To residents at first glance they were...
Firefighters battling a roughly 300‑acre blaze west of Phoenix are working on the ground and from the air as drought conditions intensify the fire. But beyond weather and terrain, soaring fuel prices are adding a new...
