A tropical storm has formed off Mexico's Gulf Coast with maximum sustained winds near 65 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported Monday.

Tropical Storm Norbert continues to move westward in the Pacific while farther out in the ocean, Tropical Storm Marie has become stationary.

Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines.

A baby was found alive by rescuers after spending four days in a pool of mud following flash floods that killed at least 41 people in central Algeria this week, a local official said Sunday.

The official death toll from four storms that ravaged Haiti this summer has nearly doubled to some 800 people, authorities said Friday.

One of North America's renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent. The reason: Hurricane Ike.