A boulder the size of a house that crashed across a state highway in Colorado last month is staying put.

A powerful tornado swept over a small city in Uruguay, ripping up houses, hurling cars into the air and killing at least four people, while seven others were seriously injured.

Aid workers have described deserted streets and scenes of destruction in the Philippines as a typhoon started to work its way across the country.

A train slammed into a bus at a rural Argentine rail crossing early today, killing 18 people and leaving at least 47 others injured, authorities said.