The Latest Breaking News from Southern

Tap water in urban areas of Southern and Central California appears more likely to be contaminated by PFAS "forever chemicals" than drinking water in many other regions of the nation, although rural Californians are far less likely to suffer similar exposure, according to new research by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Millions at risk as damaging winds, lightning, and heavy rain forecasted; potential for tornadoes.

Three suspected members of a kidnapping gang were arrested in two Southern provinces and one in the Northeast in an operation performed by the Crime Suppression Division (CSD)'s special weapons and tactics unit on Sunday.

The delay in monsoon resulted in a rainfall deficit for some of the Southern states, and thus more rainfall is expected as the southwest monsoon continues to make its way across the states

A powerful spring storm system that whipped up deadly tornadoes over the Southern and Midwestern U.S. is expected to bring severe thunderstorms and wind gusts to parts of the East Coast late Saturday, including to New York City.

America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently.