A large fire under a bridge sent billowing smoke over New York and shut down commuter rail service between Manhattan and the northern suburbs for over two hours on Monday. Television footage showed wooden pilings on a pier in the …
All over the city, witnesses compared stories of the destruction they saw _ roofs peeled away, street signs uprooted, storefront windows blown out, thick tree trunks snapped in half, a parked van lifted a foot into the air. So it …
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell says she is appealing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision to deny financial aid for Fairfield County communities hit by a June tornado. Rell announced Friday that she is providing FEMA with additional information not …
Kansas’ aging natural gas transmission pipelines have killed one person, injured five and caused more than $15 million in damage since 2002. Gas companies and their contractors suffered four of those injuries and all but $744,000 of damages. The lone …
For some Ohioans, the memory of Hurricane Ike is only surpassed by the damage it caused last Sept. 14 as it made its way across the Buckeye State packing winds at speeds equal to a Category 1 hurricane (up to …
Like the rainfall that inundated Texas as a result of Tropical Storm Hermine, claims from property damage caused by the storm have been pouring in to insurers, the Insurance Council of Texas has reported. ICT spokesman Mark Hanna says claims …
Tropical Storm Hermine, which swept through Texas on Sept. 7 and into Oklahoma on Sept. 8, surprised forecasters by retaining tropical storm strength long after it was expected to decline. The storm resulted in extensive flooding, several funnel cloud sightings …
Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into northeastern Mexico near the Texas border Monday, dumping heavy rain on a region still recovering from Hurricane Alex’s visit in June. Hermine, the eighth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was expected to weaken …
A Georgia man was sentenced Wednesday to two years and nine months in prison for filing more than 30 false claims seeking emergency compensation for damages from three Gulf Coast hurricanes, a tornado in Indiana and flooding in New Hampshire. …
Survivors of a deadly tornado that roared across the northern Illinois village of Plainfield have marked the storm’s 20th anniversary. About 200 people gathered August 28 for a ceremony that was held near downtown Plainfield on a spot that was …