As our climate changes, will roadways built to withstand New England winters hold up to increasingly normal Maryland-like summers? If sea levels rise, will ships still be able to pass under bridges? How will the bridges themselves survive more powerful …
Arkansas members of the U.S. House and Senate say the state will get a $1 million grant to repair and rebuild federal highways and roads that were damaged by severe storms, flooding and tornadoes this past spring. U.S. Sens. Mark …
Virginia is getting federal help to pay for repairing roads and bridges damaged by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood said Monday that Virginia will receive more than $2.1 million from the Federal …
The first major snowfall of the season is causing plenty of problems on Minnesota roads, with hundreds of crashes reported in less than three hours. No fatalities or serious injuries have been reported. The State Patrol said there have been …
Police have rescued people trapped in low-lying apartments and in their cars as a torrential rainstorm caused flash floods across Rome and blocked thousands of commuters from reaching their workplaces. Italian authorities said they received more than 5,000 calls for …
The lucky ones traverse this flood-submerged Thai city in navy boats and motorized canoes. The rest float on whatever they can find – inner tubes, swan-shaped pedal boats, even huge chunks of muddied white plastic foam. With large sections of …
Firefighters were among those who had to be rescued as storms flooded roads Wednesday, trapping cars in rushing water and filling basements in a region still cleaning up from Hurricane Irene less than two weeks ago. A swift water rescue …
Bossier Parish Sheriff Larry Deen says vandals are spiking roads to hunting camps in the Plain Dealing area, damaging more than 20 tires and creating a dangerous hazard for people. He says the vandalism started last year. With deer season …
A state transportation draft master plan identifies dozens of areas across Hawaii that are dangerous for pedestrians. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Tuesday 13 of those “areas of concern” are on Oahu, while 18 are on neighbor islands. One of those …
Narrow, twisting rural roads with their low shoulders and scarcity of law officers on patrol are the most dangerous highways in South Carolina according to an analysis released Tuesday. “They are probably going to remain the killing grounds for years …