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As levees designed to contain the Mississippi floodwaters fail in many places, Midwesterners talk about how they are coping with severe flooding that continues to affect large parts of Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana.

As California experiences more extreme weather, the fungus that causes valley fever is thriving.

For the second year in a row, an outburst of flooding from a naturally dammed lake at the Mendenhall Glacier has caused damage to homes in Juneau.

Since floods in West Virginia destroyed thousands of homes, residents have struggled to find housing. Vocational students are constructing tiny homes, rather than bookshelves or birdhouses.

Hundreds of thousands flock to the Guca Trumpet Festival each year for Balkan brass bands and plum wine. American brass player and fan Eleni Govetas is there.

The National Weather Service warned locals to evacuate, but with most communications down, it remained unclear how many would heed the alerts.

According to Cal Fire, firefighters are battling 19 major blazes in the state, as Gov. Jerry Brown says it has become an unfortunate "part of our ordinary experience."

Typhoon Hagibus made landfall on Saturday with strong rain and powerful winds hitting the central and northern parts of Japan. Dozens of fatalities have been reported so far.

The storm is bringing high winds, snow, rain and dangerous road conditions. Meteorologists and local officials are warning people across the West and Midwest to cancel travel plans.

A United Nations investigation finds at least 535 men, women and children were killed in December amid a conflict between the Banunu and Batende communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.