California Faces Renewed Flood Risk as Deadly Storm Drops More Rain February 6, 2024 By Brian K. Sullivan The risk of flash flooding and landslides persists for 21 million people across California as rains from a deadly atmospheric...
California’s Epic Drought Is Parching Reservoirs and Worrying Farmers June 3, 2021 By Leslie Kaufman and Eugene Reznik There is dry, and then there is desiccated. As any movie fan knows from the classic film Chinatown, California is...
Trapped Sydney Driver Becomes First Flood Disaster Fatality March 25, 2021 By Rod McGuirk CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A motorist trapped in a car in Sydney on Wednesday became the first fatality of the...
TPC to Rebuild Texas Chemical Plant Shut by Explosions, Fire December 5, 2019 By Erwin Seba Petrochemical maker TPC Group Inc will rebuild the Texas plant shut last week by devastating explosions that ignited fires that...
Okla. Governor Declares Emergency After Earthquake November 10, 2011 Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has declared a state of emergency for 20 counties after earthquakes, tornadoes and severe storms battered...
West Virginia Orders Emergency Mine Inspections October 17, 2011 West Virginia mine safety officials have ordered emergency inspections of up to 500 rescue shelters in the state’s underground coal...