State officials are still investigating the causes behind wind-swept fires that burned last year in a number of Detroit neighborhoods, and the response by a city utility to reports of power outages and downed wires. The Michigan Public Service Commission, …
Strong winds on Monday fanned a fast-moving wildfire that was ignited by a deadly plane crash, forcing residents to flee and threatening 650 homes in this mountain community. The fire, which destroyed at least one house after the single-engine Cessna …
Kathy Lanpher was showing a property to a client when she heard the improbable, gut-wrenching news: a wildfire like the one that destroyed her home four months ago was threatening the nearby subdivision where she had relocated. The real estate …
Oklahoma City firefighters are planning a helicopter tour to survey damage caused by a fire on the city’s northeast side. Deputy Chief Marc Woodard said Wednesday that he and a police officer will survey the area to assess the damage, …
A typhoon that flooded homes, roads and farmland in Taiwan with more than 20 inches (half a meter) of rain left the island Monday and headed to southeastern China. Typhoon Nanmadol stayed over Taiwan for only a few hours and …
Federal charges have been filed against two cousins accused of accidentally causing the largest forest fire in Arizona’s history by leaving a campfire unattended. The U.S. attorney’s office on Wednesday announced the charges against Caleb Joshua Malboeuf, 26, of Benson …
The Red Cross says over 29,000 people in North Korea have lost their homes from storms and flooding in the past three months. The International Federation of the Red Cross says it is working to provide emergency food supplies, water …
Thunderstorms packing strong winds and large hail blew through the Yankton, S.D., area Thursday afternoon, causing considerable damage. WNAX radio reports that the storm dropped 1.17 inches of rain in about 15 minutes in Yankton, and golf-ball-size hail in the …
Officials say a tornado touched down and damaged several homes in South Florida. The National Weather Service reports that a tornado touched down Tuesday evening in western Broward County. Tamarac officials say they’ve had homes with roof damage, broken windows …
North Korea says dozens of people were killed, injured or missing after torrential rain pounded the country between late June and mid-July. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said Monday that 8,000 people were displaced when floods destroyed nearly …