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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities in Nevada ordered evacuations of hundreds of homes southwest of Reno and closed the main highway to Lake Tahoe after a wind-whipped wildfire erupted Monday and spread quickly through mountainside vegetation.

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has issued rainfall advisories along B.C.'s west coast with the highest amounts expected around Metro Vancouver.

POMPTON LAKES, N.J.

POMPTON LAKES, N.J.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fire authorities on Sunday described battling fierce, howling winds and rescuing people in a fast-moving Southern California wildfire that forced thousands of people to flee and destroyed at least 168 structures and damaged 67.

MIAMI (AP) — Rafael has weakened into a low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico after barreling across Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane last week.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Favorable weather conditions helped fire crews gain more control over a Southern California wildfire that has destroyed 134 structures and damaged dozens more, authorities reported Sunday.

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada says heavy rain and winds could cause power outages on Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Island as an "intense" storm system is set to hit the B.C. coast today.

HAVANA (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 shook eastern Cuba on Sunday, after weeks of hurricanes and blackouts that have left many on the island reeling.

HAVANA (AP) — A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook eastern Cuba on Sunday, after weeks of hurricanes and blackouts that have left many on the island reeling.