Octave was a tropical storm in the North Pacific Ocean Tuesday morning Pacific time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. Octave is the 15th named storm to form in the Eastern Pacific in 2025.

That's an unlikely outcome, said CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan. But if such a collision does occur, it could produce what's called the Fujiwhara effect, a rare phenomenon in which two different storms merge and become entangled around a newly formed, common center.

An offshore earthquake of magnitude 6.9 collapsed walls of houses and buildings late Tuesday in a central Philippine province, killing at least 31 people, injuring many others and sending residents scrambling out of homes into darkness as the intense shaking cut off power,

Red mud, clogged drains and flooding streets have longtime neighbors in northeast Charlotte demanding action from the city.

With the status of disaster aid dollars for the ice storm uncertain, Great Lakes Energy will hike electric rates for 130,000 member customers.