The Red Cross on Wednesday boosted its estimate of the cyclone death toll in Myanmar to as many as 128,000 ? a much higher figure than the government tally.

Wildfires that have gutted homes along Florida's Atlantic coast are believed to have been started by arsonists, but they got help from rampant development and a year-round growing season.

Another round of storms moved Tuesday into tornado-ravaged areas of Missouri, Arkansas and several other states where residents were still picking up from the weekend's killer twisters.

No government money will be awarded for rebuilding any of the 114 homes leveled by a deadly tornado that tore through one of the nation's most polluted areas, state and federal officials said Tuesday on a tour of the region.

Nearly half of the 21 people killed by a tornado that smashed parts of Oklahoma and Missouri over the weekend died in cars, troubling experts.