West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey provided an update Monday evening on the efforts of emergency crews working to rescue a mine worker that was trapped at the Rolling Thunder Mine in Nicholas ...

Inflammation from these exposures is not just about cancer or asthma,” says one advocate for disabled people. “It’s ...

Jamaicans in Cayman are desperately trying to reach loved ones and taking stock of the human and financial cost of Hurricane Melissa.

The Conservatory of the Two Sisters stands as the garden’s crown jewel – a gleaming glass structure housing plants that would throw in the towel if left to face Louisiana’s climate unprotected. Inside ...

The Conservatory gleams in the Louisiana sunshine, its glass panels creating a cathedral-like atmosphere for the tropical specimens housed within. Inside this climate-controlled haven, plants from ...

Melissa will pass through the Bahamas on Wednesday afternoon. Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane -- one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the ...

Editor's Note:Hurricane Melissa continues on its path. See the latest update for Wednesday, Oct. 29. Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a Category 5 storm and is forecast to bring destructive ...

Editor's Note: Hurricane Melissa is now a Category 5 storm. See the latest update for Monday, Oct. 27. Melissa intensified into a hurricane on Saturday, Oct. 25, as it continued its slow slog across ...

Hurricane Melissa formed on Saturday and is expected to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane. Life-threatening flash flooding and landslides are anticipated in parts of Hispaniola and Jamaica. The ...

Hurricane Melissa is a powerful Category 5 storm with 175 mph winds approaching Jamaica. The storm is forecast to bring catastrophic impacts to islands in the northern Caribbean. Life-threatening ...