The torrential rain, exceptional even by Juneau’s standards, comes courtesy of Typhoon Lan, whose remnants have left Asia.

We put out the call for images of storm damage across the state Monday morning and our readers answered with some great shots.

An incredibly rare octopus invasion may have been caused by recent storms. Storm Ophelia, quickly followed by Storm Brian caused huge waves and storm surges as gusts of up to 80 mph hit the Welsh coast.

A leptospirosis bacteria outbreak is making sea lions sick along the Oregon Coast, so state officials are warning people and their dogs to stay away from the animals. The outbreak began in September and likely will last into December, said Jim Rice, a researcher at Oregon State University.

The North Water Polynya, between Nunavut and Greenland, is one of the Arctic’s most biologically productive areas — and an important part of the food supply for nearby Inuit communities.

Drought, causing low waters in Goodnews River, no blackberries, and early cool weather.

Scientists studying dolphins dining off the California coastline have found that the marine food web is starting to look a little threadbare. The length of food chains in that web appears to have gotten shorter in response to environmental changes — such as those caused by El Niño events.

Disaster funds are reserved for single events, and storms that collectively cause much damage aren't often individually large enough to count as disasters.

What has eight hairy legs, one eye, no mouth and haunts the frigid waters below the frozen ocean? A speck of a creature you'd never know exists in Canada's Arctic, were it not for one researcher's accidental discovery off the shores of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.

Around 20 bears have surrounded Ryrkaypiy attracted by the walruses that recently appeared at a special protected area. Several hundred frightened walrus fell to their deaths and the polar bears then ate the carcasses.

Mountain lion sightings have been reported in far Southeast Alaska for years, and one sighting has been confirmed.

A resident of the community was near the gravel pit when he came across a number of dead fish.

An afterschool club have been monitoring rosehips and found this late-blooming flower.

Post-tropical cyclone Ophelia put Ireland on a shutdown.

We do not ever recall having flowers blooming this late in the year.

The remnants of post-tropical cyclone Ophelia hit parts of Ireland with gusts of more than 90 miles per hour. The storm knocked out power to some 360,000 customers.

Silver salmon, caught 10 miles up the Twin Hills River, had small white patches in flesh.

‘Catastrophic breeding event’ leads to demands for a marine protected area to be set up in East Antarctica

Within the last year, they have measured twenty to one hundred feet of erosion along different sections of their coast line.

"All it would take is one or two big storms and these houses you see behind me would be gravely at risk."