BOULDER, Colo. — Nearly 3,000 people were forced to flee from a fast-moving fire in north-central Colorado and authorities believe a large number of homes were destroyed. The CalWood Fire started around noon Saturday near the Cal-Wood Education Center, which …
Powerful storms that raked across several states in the eastern U.S. on Sunday destroyed at least 10 homes in Tennessee, but there were no immediate reports of any deaths or injuries, authorities said. Spokeswoman Gina Breeding with the office of …
Emergency officials say about 75 homes are destroyed and hundreds of people have evacuated the area after a wildfire burned up to 2 square miles in the Texas Panhandle. The Texas Department of Public Safety said in an email late …
An underground gas line in rural southern Kentucky exploded early Thursday, sending two people to the hospital and destroying two homes, a county official said. The explosion happened around 1 a.m. Thursday in a hillside about 100 feet off the …
Colorado emergency management officials have released an initial estimate that says the ongoing flooding has damaged or destroyed nearly 19,000 homes. The Colorado Office of Emergency Management estimated Sunday on its website that 17,494 homes have been damaged and 1,502 …
Officials say electrical equipment caused a huge wildfire that damaged or destroyed seven homes and is burning for an 11th day in the mountains above Palm Springs Riverside County fire officials said in a brief statement Thursday night that the …
Rescuers with shovels and sniffer dogs chipped away at collapsed hillsides Tuesday as the death toll rose to 94 from a strong earthquake in a farming region of northwest China. Just one person was listed as missing and 1,001 as …
Investigators are getting closer to pinpointing where Colorado’s most destructive wildfire started and that should help allow residents of the area hit hardest by the blaze to temporarily return home. El Paso County sheriff Terry Maketa said Monday that local, …
State and federal investigators are looking into a string of fires that have destroyed homes in Johnny Cash’s hometown of Dyess, Ark. The Jonesboro Sun reports that four vacant homes have burned since February in the Mississippi County town. Sheriff’s …
Residents of a community near Atlanta, Ga., are cleaning up after a tornado destroyed several homes and injured one woman. WSB-TV reports cable and phone company crews were arriving in Mansfield to start repairs Saturday, a day after the twister …