Weary firefighters got no rest during the holiday weekend as a pair of out-of-control wildfires roared across the landscape along California's Central Coast at opposite ends of the arid Los Padres National Forest.

The Army Corps of Engineers says two navigational locks along the Mississippi River have reopened after being closed because of flooding.

Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean.

A tropical storm dubbed Bertha has formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean off Africa's coast and is heading west towards the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday.

Severe thunderstorms swept across parts of Michigan, flooding streets and cutting power to hundreds of thousands of residents.

Transportation corridors opened over and on the Mississippi River Wednesday as floodwaters continued to recede at a rapid pace.