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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A teenager has died after triggering an avalanche , the fourth person killed in snow slides in Alaska this month.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Officials in the South Korean city of Andong on Tuesday alerted residents to evacuate to safe areas as firefighters struggled to contain wildfires that have ravaged southern regions since last week, forcing thousands to flee

Firefighters in North and South Carolina were battling multiple wind-driven wildfires Monday in rugged terrain that complicated containment efforts, officials said.

COQUITLAM, B.C. — An atmospheric river weather system drenched parts of southern British Columbia over the weekend, dumping more than 100 millimetres of rain in some locations and setting off a landslide.

Prolonged droughts, wildfires and water shortages. Torrential downpours that overwhelm dams and cause catastrophic flooding.

TOKYO (AP) — Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging a number of homes as hundreds of firefighters battled the widening blazes in the mountainous areas.

VANCOUVER — Part of southern British Columbia is facing a two-day weather system that's expected to bring heavy rain and snowmelt due to rising freezing levels, resulting in potentially messy driving conditions and localized flooding.

HALIFAX — On Sable Island, a thin crescent-shaped sandbar in the Atlantic Ocean, the shifting landscapes make for dazzling – and jarring – experiences.

The horror of the Joplin tornado is the subject of a new documentary film, released nearly 14 years after the twister struck Missouri with cataclysmic force, ripping into a hospital, destroying neighborhoods and killing around 160.

Backcountry users are being asked to avoid avalanche terrain over the next few days.