The Nation’s Weather

Wet weather was expected to sweep through the Central US on Tuesday, as a strong storm moves off the Rockies and into the Plains.

ND towns hopeful flood threat has eased after bridge opens, water forecast at dam lowered

VALLEY CITY, N.D. — North Dakota towns battling floods felt more hope Tuesday after officials said a bridge would reopen into one stricken town and the flood threat eased at a dam protecting another town.

Study shows decline in flow of many major rivers, which scientists blame on climate change

WASHINGTON — The flow of water in the world’s largest rivers has declined over the past half-century, with significant changes found in about a third of the big rivers.

Global weather celsius

Minimum and maximum temperatures in Celsius, precipitation in centimeters and weather conditions as recorded for the previous day and forecast for the current and following day in each city as of 0100 GMT:

Great Wall of China even greater: high-tech study shows wall longer than previously known

BEIJING — The Great Wall of China is even greater than once thought.

Officials: 5 Texas children die after driver answering cell slides car into rain-swollen ditch

HOUSTON — Five Houston children died Saturday after their sedan slid into a rain-swollen ditch when the driver lost control while trying to answer a cell phone, authorities said.

Fire official says 5 Houston children feared dead after high water sweeps away their car

HOUSTON — Five Houston children were feared dead after the car they were riding in was swept away by high water Saturday evening, a fire official said.

Global Weather-Celsius

Minimum and maximum temperatures in Celsius, precipitation in centimeters and weather conditions as recorded for the previous day and forecast for the current and following day in each city as of 1900 GMT:

Myanmar lifts alert as Cyclone Bijli veers away from western coast

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar lifted an alert Saturday after Cyclone Bijli veered away from the western coast of the country, which was battered almost a year ago by deadly Cyclone Nargis.

Spring snowstorm starts to weaken after closing stretch of Colo. I-70, stranding travelers

DENVER — A spring storm was weakening after dumping up to 3 feet of snow on the foothills west of Denver — stranding hundreds of people in shelters and forcing the closure of an 80-mile stretch of Interstate 70.

Cyclone Bijli crosses Bangladeshi coast, does little damage

Bangladesh sees little damage from Cyclone Bijli

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Cyclone Bijli briefly made landfall in Bangladesh early Saturday without causing any serious damage before heading toward neighboring Myanmar, officials said.

Weather forecast for the Asia-Pacific region

Tropical Depression Chan-Hom is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm as it moves through the South China Sea. The system’s slow progression will keep it to the southeast of Nha Trang, Vietnam before it advances northeastward toward the Philippines. The storm is not expected to make landfall.

Hundreds stranded at Colo. shelters after spring snowstorm shuts down 80-mile stretch of I-70

DENVER — Hundreds of people were stranded at shelters Friday night after transportation officials shut down an 80-mile stretch of Interstate 70 between Vail and Golden because of wet, heavy snow and multiple accidents.