Severe thunderstorms and a possible tornado tore into New Hampshire on Thursday, killing at least one person and leaving an unidentified number trapped in homes.

Residents across south Texas and in northern Mexico slogged through knee-deep muddy waters, tiptoed around downed power lines and dug through debris Thursday, but were thankful that Hurricane Dolly was not as powerful as they had feared.

Nearly one-fourth of people in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina would refuse to evacuate for a storm if told to, a survey released Wednesday by Harvard University found.

Cool, moist weather and steady attacks by firefighters have brought the number of wildfires still burning in Northern California dramatically down.

A line of thunderstorms battered Iowa with winds of up to 100 mph early Monday, knocking down trees and power lines and blacking out more than 200,000 homes and businesses.

Tropical storm Kalmaegi churned along the Chinese coast Saturday, after leaving 13 dead in heavily populated Taiwan.