A brief thunderstorm’s strong winds damaged several homes under construction and toppled trees in neighborhoods in southeastern parts of the Phoenix, Ariz., area. The storm late Monday also downed power poles, and the Salt River Project reported that 4,500 customers …
A small private plane crashed Friday afternoon in a Baton Rouge, La., suburb, killing the pilot and damaging three homes, authorities said. There were no reports of injuries to residents on the ground, said Nick McDonner, spokesman for the East …
A strong earthquake jolted Taiwan on Sunday, killing two people and injuring at least 21 others and causing panicked shoppers to rush out of a shaking multi-story department store, officials said. Another earthquake jolted the southern Philippines late Saturday, injuring …
Sheriff’s deputies say a man angry at his neighbors went on a rampage in a bulldozer on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, damaging four homes, knocking one off its foundation, and cutting power to thousands of people. Barry Alan Swegle was booked …
City leaders in East Peoria, Ill., don’t have many answers so far for people forced out of three homes by a landslide. People affected by the slide gathered at a City Council meeting Tuesday to ask questions. Josh Allen owns …
Flash floods in northern Afghanistan killed at least 13 people, and an earthquake that struck the northeast and neighboring Pakistan on Wednesday left two people dead and 34 injured, officials said. The flooding deaths occurred in Balkh province, where heavy …
Firefighters continue to mop up hot spots in a Florida county after lightning caused a 200-acre brush fire that damaged four homes. An investigation found that Sunday’s fire started when lightning struck a tree in thick woods at St. Lucie …
Rescuers found five more bodies in the mud after flooding and landslides in northern Indonesia, bringing the death toll to 15 after the disaster that sent thousands fleeing for safe ground, police and witnesses said Monday. Crying relatives watched in …
Idaho officials are investigating what caused a 24-inch sewer line to collapse and flood the basements of seven homes. Blackfoot Mayor Mike Virtue says the city’s drinking water is not affected and he hopes repairs to the line will be …
An explosion in the Fairbanks neighborhood of Chena Ridge blew out windows and knocked objects off walls in nearby homes. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner says the blast occurred Saturday afternoon. Alaska State Troopers say the cause of the blast has …