Powerful Hurricane Odile lashes Mexico’s Baja Peninsula

Hurricane Odile roared into Baja California on Sunday night, bringing howling winds and rough surf and knocking out power in the luxury resort area that is home to Cabo San Lucas. Earlier Sunday, authorities evacuated residents in costal areas of the Mexican peninsula ahead of the storm and opened shelters.

Xynthia Deadly Storm: The Trial Opens

Four years after a deadly storm devastated part of France west coast, killing 29 people in La Faute sur Mer town, the trial opens. Four elected officials and a real estate agent are indicted for aggravated manslaughter.