June 12, 2012
The clean-up after a tornado that touched down near Peletier, N.C., continues with the state Department Transportation Department clearing tree limbs and other vegetative debris. The Daily News of Jacksonville reported that the DOT will work Monday in the Little …
May 8, 2012
A flash flood swept through a village in northern Afghanistan, killing 21 people, many of them members of a wedding party, officials said Monday. People in Dhy Marda village in Sari Pul province were gathered for the celebration late Sunday …
April 23, 2012
Sedgwick County officials say the tornado that hit Oaklawn and southeast Wichita, Kan., last weekend caused an estimated $146.3 million in damage. County officials say the tornado damaged or destroyed 776 homes and 86 businesses, and affected another 3,481 residences …
March 22, 2012
A powerful earthquake that shook Mexico from its massive capital to its resort-studded southern coast damaged hundreds of homes and sent thousands of panicked people fleeing from swaying office buildings, yet apparently didn’t cause a single death. As of early …
March 5, 2012
The Alabama county commission offices in Limestone and Madison counties have proclaimed a state of emergency in both counties due to Friday’s storms that spawned and apparent tornado. The Alabama Emergency Management Agency has released damage assessments for storms in …