There has never been a rain-shortened game in the postseason, and now there never will be. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced the sport will enact a rules change stating that postseason games cannot be shortened because of bad weather.

Winter will be warmer than normal for much of the central United States, but government forecasters said on Thursday this season's weather for the rest of the country will be particularly hard to predict.

ATLANTA, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Weather Channel says it has been forced to lay off some employees because of the stormy state of the U.S. economy.

Much of the United States can anticipate a mild winter, with warmer-than-normal weather forecast from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachian Mountains through February, government forecasters said on Thursday.

Warmer-than-normal weather conditions are forecast from the Rocky Mountains east to the Appalachian Mountains through February, government forecasters said on Thursday.

Loudoun County's emergency cold-weather shelter will be unusually busy this year, serving people who have been turned away from year-round homeless shelters that are filled to capacity, social service officials say.

Schoolies celebrations are expected to start with a bang, with potential wild weather forcing police and emergency services to consider their options.

Residents in Victoria's south-east have been put on alert for flash flooding this weekend, with wild weather expected to lash the region.