BRISBANE, Australia, March 21 (UPI) — Cyclone Ului’s powerful winds blacked out power to 60,000 homes, Australian officials in Queensland said Sunday.
Still, officials were relieved the Category 3 storm did not do more damage or kill more people, The Australian reported.
The cyclone whipped up more than 150 mph winds and torrential rain along the [...]

ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 21 (UPI) — Members of a yacht club in Annapolis, Md., said the site hosted an event that welcomed spring by burning the socks of excited participants.
The Baltimore Sun said Sunday that Saturday’s waterside event at the Eastport Yacht Club featured hundreds of people taking part in a 30-year tradition aimed [...]

BANGKOK, March 20 (UPI) — Senior Thai officials plan to meet with Chinese officials in the first high-level bilateral talks on the drought along the Mekong River, authorities say.
The Bangkok Post reported Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva plans to attend the proposed talks, which would be held on the sidelines of the Mekong River Commission [...]

LAS VEGAS, March 19 (UPI) — Several hundred birds, including many considered rare, were killed in a fire Friday at a nature sanctuary in Las Vegas, officials said.
The early morning blaze hit the Gilcrease Nature Sanctuary north of the city. City firefighters extinguished the fire by about 7 a.m., the Las Vegas Review Journal reported.
Almost [...]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 19 (UPI) — Animal lovers in Redwood City, Calif., may have a new visitor to their community: A mountain lion was seen in their neighborhood, emergency officials say.
The big cat was spotted near California Way and Summit Way about 6:35 p.m. in the area of Emerald Lake and Easter Bowl, [...]