In Aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Residents Worry About Help September 1, 2020 By Nomaan Merchant And Sudhin Thanawala LAKE CHARLES, La. — In a matter of hours last week, Hurricane Laura tore through the tire shop Layla Winbush’s...
‘Rebuilding Paradise’ Looks At Emotional Toll of Deadly Fire August 3, 2020 By Daisy Nguyen and Amanda Lee Myers SAN FRANCISCO — Almost two years since a wildfire swept through his mountain town and virtually wiped it out, Steve...
Floods Put Mississippi Capital in ‘Precarious Situation’ February 18, 2020 By Rogelio V. Solis and Rebecca Santana JACKSON, Miss. — With the waters in the Pearl River continuing to rise in and around Mississippi’s capital city and...
Displaced Families Await Post-Quake Housing in Puerto Rico January 17, 2020 By Dancia Coto PONCE, Puerto Rico — The Antonetti family sat in the shade of a tree eating orange slices while contemplating the...
Rebuilding Aids Canada Town Scorched by Wildfires June 23, 2016 By Jen Skerritt and Robert Tuttle After shuttering his lumber mill for nearly a month when it was surrounded by raging fires in northern Alberta, Northland...
5 Years After Blast, Fire Kansas Town Begins Downtown Rebuild August 28, 2014 A $3.5 million project to rebuild a downtown block of a central-Kansas community officially gets underway this week, five years...
Tornado-Damaged Alabama Churches Reopen March 4, 2014 By JAMON SMITH, The Tuscaloosa News Two Alberta churches that were destroyed by the tornado that decimated that section of the city on April 27, 2011,...
Gulf Coast at the 6-Year Mark from Katrina August 30, 2011 By CAIN BURDEAU and KEVIN McGILL The Gulf Coast is marking the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with commemorations to honor those killed during the catastrophic...
Japan Towns Hit Hardest by Tsunami Stuck in Limbo August 5, 2011 By MALCOLM FOSTER Gazing down on the gray, rubble-strewn valley, as a backhoe lifts twisted metal into one of hundreds of piles, Takako...
Joplin, Mo. Digs Out from Debris Two Months After Tornado July 26, 2011 By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER Signs of recovery are emerging in Joplin after a deadly May 22 tornado that devastated the city. Now, officials are...