A Sterling, Alaska, man’s mangled vehicle has prompted a reminder that bears are up and about. A brown bear tore off a side-view mirror on Norm Israelson’s Subaru, smashed a taillight and rear window, ripped off the back windshield wiper …
An industry group says insured damage from last week’s deadly tornadoes in North Texas could reach $250 million. Mark Hanna with the Insurance Council of Texas says the rough estimate could change as insurers continue to gather information from the …
A 47-mph wind gust peeled back part of the metal roof on a VFW hall in Carlsbad, N.M. About 120 people were playing bingo inside the hall at the time of Thursday night’s storm and all escaped unharmed, although many …
Waterloo, Iowa, officials are still calculating the damage to city buildings and vehicles from an April hailstorm. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the storm dented police cars and inspection trucks and damaged at least four city building roofs. In the …
Sen. Mary Landrieu filed legislation this week to delay flood insurance increases for many residents and businesses in southern Louisiana that officials fear could begin skyrocketing at the end of the year. The National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization was approved …
Pennsylvania has lost nearly half of its most reliable precipitation gauges that the National Weather Service uses for forecasting floods. Forty-seven of the 104 rain gauges were closed by the U.S. Geological Survey on March 1 because of a $206,000 …
Officials in Oklahoma City say an estimate of the number of homes damaged or destroyed by this week’s tornado is based in part on an analysis of before-and-after aerial photos. The city’s Police Department and the mayor’s office have both …
It’s not terribly uncommon for trucks to strike bridges in Washington state – it’s just that such accidents don’t usually cause the structures to collapse. The state Department of Transportation says there were 21 bridge-strikes involving trucks last year, 24 …
The engineer of the commuter train that derailed last week in Connecticut observed an “unusual condition” on the track before the wreck, federal officials said Friday without explaining what the condition was, though they did say repair work was done …
A popular attraction in Mark Twain’s hometown is temporarily a dangerous place following a strong storm in Hannibal, Mo., earlier this week. Winds of up to 100 mph on Monday damaged thousands of trees in the northeast Missouri community, including …