At least 21 people have died in severe weather in Missouri, Oklahoma and Georgia.

A line of severe storms swept across the Southeast on Thursday, damaging homes and businesses in at least four states. One person was killed by a tornado in North Carolina.

An apparent tornado in Tupelo, Miss., damaged a shopping mall and downed power lines on Thursday morning.

It was Asia's answer to Hurricane Katrina. Packing winds upwards of 120 mph, Cyclone Nargis became one of Asia's deadliest storms by hitting land at one of the lowest points in Myanmar and setting off a storm surge that reached 25 miles inland.

More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar, but so is  rain.  A week after Cyclone Nargis killed whole families,  the military finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food.

Australia's government promised Tuesday to spend about $2.9 billion to buy river water from farmers in a bid to address the country's worst drought in a century.