A series of severe thunderstorm watches issued for much of southern Ontario has been lifted by Environment Canada.

Trees were uprooted, roofs damaged and windows shattered as severe thunderstorms and a tornado rattled through southwestern Quebec Friday night.

A passenger jet carrying 127 people in crashes into a muddy wheat field in Pakistan while trying to land in a violent thunderstorm at Islamabad's main airport.

Authorities search for a U.S. hot air balloon pilot who ordered five skydivers to jump before his balloon plummeted and crashed during a weekend thunderstorm.

Singer Céline Dion has cancelled several concerts in Las Vegas because of a virus.