May 23 Watch In Joplin, Mo., Tornado Destruction ‘Looks Like an Artillery Barrage’ Missouri Death Toll May Climb After Massive Tornado Rips City… Continue watching
May 23 Joplin, Missouri Left Devastated After Tornado A tornado tore up Joplin, a town in south-western Missouri on Sunday night. At least 89 were killed and over 500 wounded by the powerful storm. It's the latest in a series of deadly storms that have devastated the region… Continue reading
May 23 116 Confirmed Dead After Tornado in Joplin, Mo. View a slide show of the damage in Joplin: 4:21 p.m. ET | Authorities say the confirmed death toll has risen to 116 after search and rescue efforts Monday, with seven people rescued alive. 1… Continue reading
May 19 Watch Report on Deadly W.Va. Mine Blast Castigates Massey for Safety Lapses In the worst U.S. mining disaster in four decades, 29 trapped miners were killed after an explosion deep inside the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. Ray Suarez speaks with NPR's Howard Berkes about a new report on the… Continue watching
May 19 Report on W.Va. Mine Disaster Blames a Corporate Culture That Overlooked Safety, Poor Government Oversight Updated 11:30 a.m. ET | The first comprehensive investigative report on the disaster at Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia last year, which killed 29 miners, finds that the explosion could have been prevented and was the result… Continue reading
May 18 Watch Mississippi River Floodwater Could Create Long-Term Toxic Impact A 15-mile stretch of the swollen Mississippi River, closed Tuesday due to pressure on levees, has been reopened to barges moving one at a time. Tom Bearden reports on the short- and long-term environmental effects the floodwater could have on… Continue watching
May 18 Farm Runoff in Mississippi River Floodwater Fuels Dead Zone in Gulf A dead zone -- already the size of the state of New Jersey -- is growing in the Gulf of Mexico, fueled by nutrient runoff from the swollen Mississippi River. This year, with floodwaters from the… Continue reading
May 16 Morganza Spillway Before and After Photos Released By Vanessa Dennis After engineers opened the Morganza spillway Saturday in an attempt to divert surging floodwaters from heavily populated areas in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Google and GeoEye released some before and after satellite photos Monday evening. Continue reading
May 16 Watch Morganza Spillway Reduces Pressure on Cities’ Levees; Towns Brace for Water On Saturday, the Army Corps of Engineers opened the floodgates of the Morganza Spillway on the Mississippi River to reduce pressure on the levees that protect Baton Rouge and New Orleans. A number of smaller towns are now having to… Continue watching
May 16 Amid Flooding Threat in Louisiana, Not All Obeying Evacuation Order By Tom Bearden In Krotz Springs, La., the Mississippi River threatens to inundate local homes and businesses, but not everyone is heeding the call to evacuate the area. EmbedVideo(573, 482, 304); Tune in to Monday's NewsHour for Bearden's full report… Continue reading