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.

Simon King looks at what impacts Storm Amy, the first named storm of the season, will bring at the end of the week.

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.

A yellow weather warning for wind is in place from 18:00 BST on Friday to midnight on Saturday as Storm Amy hits the UK, particularly affecting Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Anglesey.

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