Sep 14 Mother and infant are first Hurricane Florence fatalities By Jonathan Drew, Associated Press The Wilmington Police Department said Friday that the two were killed when a tree fell on their house. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 5:11 News Wrap: States declare emergencies as Hurricane Florence powers up In our news wrap Monday, evacuations geared up as Hurricane Florence turned into a menacing Category 4 storm. Florence is on track to make landfall by Friday. Also, the White House pressed again for a federal investigation into who wrote… Continue watching
Sep 06 Terrified motorists flee as trees burst into flames along California interstate By Noah Berger, Paul Elias, Associated Press Truckers abandoned big-rigs and motorists screamed in fear as they came dangerously close to an explosive wildfire that shut down about 45 miles of a major California interstate near the Oregon border that authorities were desperately trying to reopen. Continue reading
Aug 22 Hawaii residents brace themselves as hurricane strengthens By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press The National Weather Service said Wednesday that Hurricane Lane had weakened to a Category 4 hurricane, but those hurricanes with winds of more than 130 mph or above can still cause catastrophic damage. Continue reading
Aug 22 Little damage reported from strong quake in Venezuela By Fabiola Sanchez, Scott Smith, Associated Press The magnitude 7.3 quake Tuesday was the largest to strike Venezuela since 1900. Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch 8:06 ‘Extreme isn’t even the right word’ for conditions fueling California’s destructive fires Fire crews in Northern California spent another long day laboring to contain the sprawling Carr fire, which has killed at least six people and reduced more than 720 homes and other buildings to ashes in the Redding area. A total… Continue watching
May 28 Storm Alberto maintains strength as it approaches Gulf Coast By Jennifer Kay, Associated Press The National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 2 p.m. EDT Monday that Alberto was centered about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south-southwest of Panama City, Florida. The storm was expected to make landfall later Monday. Continue reading
May 03 Rainstorm kills at least 91, injures over 160 in India By Associated Press LUCKNOW, India — A powerful dust storm and rain swept parts of north and western India overnight, causing house collapses, toppling trees and leaving at least 91 people dead and more than 160 injured, officials said Thursday. Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch 4:54 Hurricane season is coming and Puerto Rico still has a big power problem Seven months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico and its power grid, the entire island lost power on Wednesday -- the biggest outage since September. As crews keep working to restore power to the full island, residents are raising questions… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch 8:16 As climate change parches Somalia, frequent drought comes with conflict over fertile land By Jane Ferguson, Alessandro Pavone Desert sand is slowly taking over Somalia. Just six years after the last major drought emergency, the rains have failed again -- a devastating trend in a country where around 80 percent of people make their living on the land. Continue watching