Venus thunders in the rain
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Singin' in the rain is OK if you're an American in Paris named Gene Kelly. (Or do I have Mr. Kelly's movies mixed up?) But swingin' in the rain ain't so great if you're a tourist with a tennis racket trying to make a living slogging through the moist loam at Roland Garros.
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Unpredictable winds played tricks with firefighters trying to extinguish a once-massive wildfire, tamed the night before by a driving rain
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Maria Sharapova takes on Venus Williams in Tuesday's match of the day as Wimbledon organisers hope for better weather.
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Venus Williams unleashed some impressive firepower but made heavy weather of finishing off Ashley Harkleroad in the French Open second round on Wednesday.
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University of Arizona researchers are trying to determine how much rain to expect based on how often lightning strikes.
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Solo city as it landed in heavy rain around dusk on Tuesday after a flight from Jakarta. Other sources were giving different numbers on casualties.
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The rain that has drenched California for the past several days is being caused by a cold front from the northern Pacific combining with moisture from the southern Pacific.
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Trailing 3-5 in the third set, three-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams rallies past Akiko Morigami 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in a third-round match Monday. Up next: Maria Sharapova.
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FINDING yourself in a thunderstorm on Saturn would be a truly shocking experience, scientists have discovered. New data from the Cassini spacecraft shows that lightning on the ringed planet is a million times stronger than on Earth.
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 -- Fast-moving thunderstorms Sunday brought new waves of rain to Southern California, after days of drenching weather and heavy mountain snowfall.
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By Anne Le Tran  THROUGH the long, soggy winter, when I sat at my desk staring out the window at the sky, I fantasized about one thing: indolent days by a body of clear blue water.   Finally, the rain stopped and the earth dried out.
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Claps of thunder and streaks of lightning accompanied Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova off tiny Court 3 after they managed to play all of three points at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
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Maria Sharapova was plunged into a Wimbledon rain row on Saturday as torrential downpours meant that just two matches were completed and drenched fans saw only 75 minutes of action.
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By Elaine Pacheco Special to My Life  It's not just raining cats and dogs in Memphis today. It's raining tigers, eagles and panda bears.
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Rain rain and more rain in Suzuka... with forecasts for more.
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Sunny Deol's new action-adventure turns out to be a damp squib.
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by Harry Bortman    In part 1 of this interview with Astrobiology Magazine editor Henry Bortman, planetary scientist David Grinspoon explained how Venus evolved from a wet planet similar to Earth to the scorching hot, dried-out furnace of today. In part 2, Grinspoon discusses the possibility of life on Venus...