Officials in Milford, Connecticut say a 29-year-old man has been hospitalized for traumatic injuries after he was pinned under a 1,000-pound freight elevator. Firefighters were called to the Optical Polymers International building on West Main Street last week to help …
A 5-year-old girl has been injured by a skeleton prop that came loose and fell from the side of a haunted house at a Long Island amusement park. A security official at Adventureland in East Farmingdale says the girl was …
A small fire at an apartment tower in State College, Pennsylvania forced the evacuation of more than 100 apartments. The fire at the 12-story Penn Tower started shortly before 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Investigators believe it started in the heating-cooling unit …
According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, storm development in the tropical Atlantic was even more active on Tuesday than it was on Monday. Shortly after Gustav came ashore in Louisiana on Monday, Hanna began battering the southeastern Bahamas …
Energy companies found little damage to their U.S. facilities during initial checks Tuesday in the wake of Hurricane Gustav — signaling a possible fast recovery from the biggest storm to threaten the oil sector since hurricanes Katrina and Rita in …
Major chemical makers in the U.S. said Tuesday that initial inspections indicate only slight damage to those facilities that were affected by Hurricane Gustav, but companies are still uncertain about when production is likely to restart at many of these …
Hurricane Gustav could trigger insurance claims of up to $10 billion, according to early computer-modeled estimates of damage from the storm, but at least one analyst thinks the final tab could be lower. Gustav, which made landfall southwest of New …
Cedar Rapids, Iowa city officials said address-by-address flood damage data is not public record, despite a U.S. Circuit Court ruling in Florida in 2007 that said the data is public. An assistant city attorney in Cedar Rapids said the city …
With nearly 200 homeowners in Iowa thinking about buyouts after their homes were damaged or destroyed by flooding this year, disaster officials warn government programs could have unintended consequences. In some cases, towns could be left financially strapped. In others, …
A man’s body was found in a burned car after firefighters extinguished the fire and cleared the scene. Firefighters responded Friday to a burning Chevrolet Monte Carlo in a driveway in Barry County’s Rutland Township, about 30 miles southeast of …