Towns in Mourning While Digging Out From Deadly Tornadoes December 17, 2021 By Sean Murphy and Bruce Schreiner DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (AP) — Tightknit communities still digging out from the deadly tornadoes that killed dozens of people across...
US Study: Record Highs, Rain and Beaver Damage in Arctic December 15, 2021 By Seth Borenstein The Arctic continues to deteriorate from global warming, not setting as many records this year as in the past, but...
Amazon Warehouse Collapse Has Illinois Looking at Building Codes December 14, 2021 By Shruti Date Singh and Brian K. Sullivan Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on Monday questioned whether building codes need updating to counter risks from an increasing number of...
Crews Search For the Missing After Devastating Tornadoes December 13, 2021 By Bruce Schreiner and Dylan Lovan MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP)–Rescuers in an increasingly bleak search picked through the tornado-splintered ruins of homes and businesses Sunday, including a...
Flood Insurance Costs Rise in Areas Once Deemed Lower Risk December 9, 2021 By Suman Naishadham and Michael Phillis WASHINGTON (AP) –In the past year, the southwestern Louisiana city of Lake Charles weathered two hurricanes, intense rainfall that sent...
La. Lawmakers Outline Insurance Complaints After Hurricane Ida December 3, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Slow responses to damage claims. Constant switch-ups of insurance adjusters assessing the destruction. Low payment...
Island Turns into Open-Air Lab For Tech-Savvy Volcanologists December 3, 2021 By Aritz Parra and Emilio Morenatti LAS MANCHAS, Canary Islands (AP) — They come with eagle-eyed drones and high-precision instruments. Aided by satellites, they analyze gas...
Washington State Sees More Flooding, Next Storm Approaches December 1, 2021 BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Localized flooding in Washington state from another in a series of rainstorms doesn’t appear to be...
Flood Watches Issued in Northwest as Some Urged to Evacuate November 29, 2021 By Sara Cline Residents in Washington state were preparing for possible flooding as “atmospheric rivers” once again threatened parts of the Northwest, which...
Ship’s Master Said He Spent 50 Hours Sleepless Before Crash November 29, 2021 By Janet McConnaughey NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An oil tanker hit an offshore oil platform at night off Louisiana because its Turkish operating...