Florida's Everglades National Park and a rain forest reserve in Honduras have been removed from the U.N.'s list of endangered world cultural sites after improvements in conservation programs, UNESCO announced Monday.The World Heritage Committee commended the United States "for its investment of scientific and financial...

It became clear as workers dug through rubble and collected the dead: All 20 victims of the tornadoes that tore through central Florida last week lived in mobile homes.Now some advocates are urging the state to spend more to strengthen such homes, especially older ones...

The Bush administration's hand in removing the Everglades from a United Nations list of endangered sites was denounced Friday by a Florida senator.Democrat Bill Nelson characterized it as improper meddling by Deputy Assistant Interior Secretary Todd Willens at a U.N. meeting in June in New...

Hurricane Dean was the third-most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall since record keeping began in the 1850s, based on its central atmospheric pressure, forecasters said.The pressure in a hurricane's eye is often used to compare storms throughout history because in the past, wind gauges...

Details the conditions affecting 'the perfect storm' in October, 1991. Describes the devastation of Hurricane Andrew.