International

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office reports that a youth group from the Church of Jesus of Latter-day Saints was hiking in the south-central Utah when a passing thunderstorm produced lightning. None of the injuries are thought to be life-threatening.

Monsoonal rainfall over the Southwest has triggered flooding that the town of Las Vegas, New Mexico has hampered its water supply. As a result, non-essential events have been postponed and officials cautioned everyone to conserve.

Chances are rising for the formation of the season's second named tropical storm over the weekend or early next week in the western Caribbean. If it gets named, it will be called Beryl.

Astronauts and cosmonauts living at the International Space Station were told to take emergency shelter in their spacecraft after NASA learned a Russian satellite had broken up within the station's orbit, creating a debris field.

Minnesota families protecting their homes from flooding are beginning to lose the battle after weeks of building walls of sandbags and attempting to keep the water out.