January 25, 2012
A construction worker has been killed in the collapse of a building in the West Tennessee town of Greenfield. City Fire Chief Bob Dudley said the structure on Front Street crumbled at about 9:30 a.m. Monday, killing a man who …
January 19, 2012
An eight-foot copper steeple was blown off a college chapel in northwestern Pennsylvania by thunderstorms that also knocked down trees and cut power to about 3,000 residents along Lake Erie. The Erie Times-News reports Wednesday that the steeple was knocked …
November 15, 2011
An emergency fire ban remains in effect in Boulder County, Colo., where high winds Saturday were blamed for three fires and the closure of a farmers market. The three small blazes were whipped by winds as high as 84 miles …
September 8, 2011
Authorities say high winds from a fast-moving squall line damaged two apartment buildings in the Tampa Bay area. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office says the roof was completely torn off of Holiday Isles just after 1 a.m. Wednesday. The roof …
August 1, 2011
Vietnam is evacuating nearly 300,000 people from northern coastal areas as Tropical Storm Nock-ten approaches after leaving a path of destruction in the Philippines. Disaster official Nguyen Xuan Hung of central Nghe An province says provincial authorities have begun evacuating …