airplanes Evacuation slide falls from United flight and lands in a backyard, caught on camera (video) Carla Sinclair

alaska airlines A cell phone catches fire on a plane at Sea-Tac, forcing emergency evacuation Carla Sinclair

travel Watch: Fire on Delta flight forces 294 travelers to evacuate in Orlando (video) Carla Sinclair

travel interruptus Passenger video: Mysterious haze fills Delta Air Lines flight, forcing emergency landing Carla Sinclair

texas United Airlines plane catches fire, forcing passengers to evacuate in Houston (video) Carla Sinclair

lithium battery fires Southwest evacuates plane after passenger's phone — and seat — goes up in flames (video) Carla Sinclair

Evacuations Passengers quickly evacuated a United plane in Denver when it caught on fire (video) Carla Sinclair

hawaii Images on Twitter show dramatic aftermath of recent heavy rain in Hawaii Carla Sinclair

News #HurricaneLane bears down on Hawaii Xeni Jardin

Japan Japan's flood woes still have a long way to go Séamus Bellamy

NASA NASA's got a computer model for predicting landslides Séamus Bellamy

california California has a storm of "biblical proportions" every 200 years Mark Frauenfelder