Nearly 400 dead, missing in New Zealand quake

4.7-magnitude quake hits Manila

High winds, heavy dust storms close Israeli airports

New Zealand quake kills at least 65

Magnitude-6.2 earthquake rocks east coast of Russia's Kamchatka

Heavy snow paralyzes traffic in Tibet

5.5-magnitude quake hits Taiwan

Earthquake of 6.8 magnitude hits Chile

6.1-magnitude quake shakes S Siberia

Icelandic volcano 'set to erupt'

Drought hits C. China

The dried-up riverbed of Xiangjiang River is seen in Changsha, capital of Central China’s Hunan province, Feb 8, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

Embattled Australia hit by fires

Torrential downpours pile misery on Australia

Floods wreak havoc in southern Malaysia

Heavy snow blankets Dallas, Texas

Amazon fuels global warming after droughts

Cyclone Yasi threatens 10,000 Townsville homes on Australia's north-eastern coast

Blizzard hits Chicago area, over 1,300 flights canceled

3-month northern China drought forecast to last

5.3-magnitude quake hits sea off Taiwan

Japan volcano erupts again for 6th time

Fog closes airport in SW China

SW China 4.8-magnitude quake affects 80,600 people, damages 678 homes

Dozens taken ill as heatwave continues in Australia's New South Wales