Mudslides during rainy weather in the San Bernardino Mountains on Thursday afternoon prompted road closures and trapped cars.

A tropical storm was brewing over a chain of islands on the edge of the vast Tethys Ocean - the ancient predecessor to the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea - one day roughly 150 million years ago, and a baby pterosaur was caught in the powerful winds.

Two tropical storms are in the offing for parts of the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, and one could become a super typhoon.

Tropical Depression Seven formed early Wednesday morning, and forecasters say it could strengthen into Tropical Storm Gabrielle by the end of the day. Meanwhile, another day of heavy rain is expected in Virginia and other parts of the mid-Atlantic as a powerful coastal storm moves onshore.