Floodwaters surge into dozens of villages in Pakistan: 2.5 million affected (Photos & Rescue Video)

"It is the worst flooding in 80 years in Pakistan as a surge of floodwaters from torrential Monsoon rains has affected 2.5 million and killed over 1,500 people so far. Today the flooding has pushed its way into the heartlands of Pakistan submerging dozens of villages and putting over 100,000 people at risk of disease."

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Hell of a Ride! Car escapes forest fire inferno

"Russian volunteers, who had been fighting the wildfires in southern Russia, escape a forest fire as the flames close in on their car." ...I don't understand Russian, but I believe I know what they were saying, "Get the heck out of here! Now!"

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Obama: 'Static kill...working in Gulf'

President Obama says the static kill appears to be working and pledeges to stand by the people of the Gulf.

Washington (CNN) -- The 107-day fight to corral the oil befouling the Gulf of Mexico and stifle the well it was gushing from is at last nearing a finish, President Obama said Wednesday. We learned overnight that efforts to stop the well through what's called a 'static kill' appear to be working and that a report out today by our scientists shows that the vast majority of spilled oil has been dispersed or removed from the water," the president told the AFL-CIO executive committee at the labor union's meeting in Washington. So, the long battle to stop the leak and contain the oil is finally close to coming to an end, and we are very pleased with that," he said.

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Northern lights produce great show Tuesday night; encore expected Wednesday - JSOnline

"A small solar flare erupted from the sun early Sunday, shooting out a burst of plasma like milk blown through a straw at 2.5 million miles an hour.

Headed toward Earth, the solar activity - called a coronal mass ejection - created a beautiful aurora borealis Tuesday night and Wednesday morning captured by photographers in northern Wisconsin and elsewhere on the planet."

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Solar tsunami continues tonight August 4, 2010 and beautiful colors light up the sky (photos, video)

"Early Wednesday morning, people in the northern USA were able to see the effects of the solar flares storm and solar tsunami light up the sky; the northern lights will continue tonight in North America from Oregon to Maine and north to Canada."

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