SAN JUAN — More than 2,000 people in shelters. Nearly one million without power. Hundreds of thousands without water. The aftermath of a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that killed one person, injured nine others and severely damaged infrastructure in Puerto Rico’s southwest …
Petrochemical maker TPC Group Inc will rebuild the Texas plant shut last week by devastating explosions that ignited fires that burned for six days, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The last fire at the Port Neches plant was extinguished late …
OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. — Frances Ivonne Brensdal woke up June 7 to find her Olive Branch home flooded after a night of record rainfall, which left her family and others displaced. She didn’t even know it was raining. “My neighbor …
Authorities say about 50 people were evacuated from part of a Bismarck pumpkin farm after fire broke out in some hay bales. Firefighters were called to Papa’s Pumpkin Patch about 5 p.m. Friday. Officials say the fire was under control …
Authorities in Switzerland have called in the army to help evacuate people and livestock from villages cut off by heavy flooding in the Alps. The Defense Ministry said Tuesday that soldiers have been deployed to the Bernese Highlands south of …
Residents near the Onslow and Pender county line are being evacuated on a voluntary basis as a wildfire spreads. The Sun Journal of New Bern reported Thursday that the fire has burned 20,000 acres. Fire officials say the wildfire started …