News4 WSMV Nashville / YouTube screen shot Young Girl Makes Powerful Discovery in Basement of Church Ravaged by Tennessee Flood: 'It Gave Me Chills' The discovery of a biblical replica gave hope to a city and community decimated by historic floods only a few days ago. By Jesse Stiller August 26, 2021
Brett Carlsen / Getty Images More Than 20 Dead, Dozens Missing After Record-Breaking Flood in Tennessee The region witnessed 17 inches of rainfall on Saturday, breaking the all-time 24-hour record for the state. By Harry Wilmerding August 23, 2021
Ethan Swope / AP California Residents Warned 'To Be Alert and Be Ready to Evacuate' as Gusty Winds Boost Dangerous Wildfires Winds spawned by a new weather system arrived Monday afternoon and pushed the Dixie Fire within a few miles of Susanville. By The Associated Press August 17, 2021
Golder Ranch Fire District / Facebook screen shot Video Shows Dramatic Moment Rescuers Save Woman Trapped Inside Truck as Floodwaters Rage Around Them On Aug. 10, four people in two separate cars found themselves in bad spots when the Canada Del Oro Wash flooded. By Amanda Thomason August 16, 2021
Matias Delacroix / AP Fundraising Efforts for Haiti in the Wake of an Earthquake Expected to Meet Complications Political unrest and an approaching tropical storm have complicated humanitarian efforts - as has an aid scandal following a 2010 quake. By The Associated Press August 16, 2021
Tamas Jean Pierre - AFP / Getty Images Thousands Feared Dead as Magnitude 7 Quake Shakes Caribbean Nation A massive earthquake shook Haiti, leaving hundreds of people dead and wreaking significant damage in the poor Caribbean nation. By Andrew Jose August 14, 2021
NASA / AP Scientists Find the Chances of Asteroid Bennu Colliding with Earth Are Higher Than They Initially Predicted While the chances of the asteroid clobbering the Earth are higher than expected, scientists believe a collision is unlikely. By The Associated Press August 11, 2021
Joey Helms / YouTube screen shot Aerial Camera Captures Unreal Volcano Footage, But Operator Pays the Price When He Flies It Too Close A volcano in Iceland is now nearing its fifth month of a vivid eruption captured by the final moments of one drone. By Jack Davis August 7, 2021
Baton Rouge Fire Department / Facebook Firefighters Rescue Motorist from Floating Truck After Attempt to Drive Through Severely Flooded Underpass 'Every time it rains, it floods out up underneath that underpass there. And cars go down there, and they got to rescue them out of there.' By Amanda Thomason August 7, 2021
Alaska Volcano Observatory / AP Webcam Footage Shows Three Alaskan Volcanoes in Various States of Eruption The emissions prompted the observatory to raise the volcano’s threat level to orange, indicating an eruption is underway. By The Associated Press August 5, 2021