China Blasts Dam to Divert Floods That Killed at Least 25 July 22, 2021 BEIJING (AP) — China’s military has blasted a dam to release floodwaters threatening one of its most heavily populated provinces,...
Rare Tornado Rips Through Southern Czech Republic, Killing Five June 25, 2021 By Jason Hovet HRUSKY, Czech Republic — Emergency workers and residents combed through wreckage in southern Czech Republic on Friday after a tornado...
Chemical Fire Draws Illinois National Guard; Locals Evacuate June 15, 2021 By Sergio Chapa and Shruti Date Singh A massive fire at a chemical plant in northern Illinois spurred the governor to deploy the National Guard to the...
Cyclone Lashes India, Bangladesh; 6 Dead, 1.1M Evacuated May 27, 2021 By Ashok Sharma and Julhas Alam NEW DELHI (AP) — Heavy rain and a high tide lashed parts of eastern India and neighboring Bangladesh on Wednesday...
Marijuana Growing Equipment May Have Caused LA Explosion April 14, 2021 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Equipment from a marijuana grow in a Los Angeles home’s garage may have caused an explosion...
Australia to Rescue Thousands as Sydney Faces Worst Floods in 60 Years March 23, 2021 By Jill Gralow and Renju Jose PITT TOWN, Australia — Australia was set on Monday to evacuate thousands more people from suburbs in Sydney’s west, battered...
Glacier Breaks in India’s North; Flood Kills 9, 140 Missing February 8, 2021 By Biswajeet Banerjee and Rishabh R. Jain RISHIKESH, India (AP) — Indian authorities launched a search operation Sunday after part of a Himalayan glacier broke, sending a...
Indonesia’s Merapi Volcano Spews Hot Clouds, 500 Evacuate January 8, 2021 By Slamet Riyadi YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed avalanches of hot clouds Thursday morning as hundreds more residents were...
Waterfront Homes Evacuated Due To Landslide in Wash. State January 7, 2021 LOFALL, Wash. (AP) — Eight waterfront homes along Hood Canal in Washington have been evacuated due to a fire and...
Six Missing, Homes Destroyed in Southeast Alaska Landslide December 4, 2020 By Becky Bohrer and Mark Thiessen JUNEAU, Alaska — Six people were missing after a mudslide measuring an estimated two football fields across slammed into a...