The DuPage Children’s Museum is closed because of heavy water damage. The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports the museum announced Friday it would be closed for repairs for an unspecified period. WLS-TV in Chicago first reported that a burst water …
Officials in northeast Ohio say it will cost nearly $1 million dollars to replace vandalized sprinklers at a county juvenile justice center. The Northeast Ohio Media Group reports Cuyahoga County officials have proposed borrowing more than $966,000 to replace sprinklers …
Fire ripped through the heart of downtown Rock Island, Ill., early Saturday, destroying or damaging eight buildings. The fire in the western Illinois city began just after 4 a.m. Saturday in a vacant building that was scheduled to be demolished …
Two Florence, Mont., middle school students face felony charges after a weekend prank ended up flooding the nearby gym causing up to $100,000 in damage. Superintendent Bud Scully says two students put a wig and a roll of paper towel …
Dozens of inmates at the Newton Correctional Facility in central Iowa have been relocated because of water damage in their dorm unit. The state Department of Corrections says a major thunderstorm Thursday caused water damage at the facility’s Correctional Release …
Officials at a Dubuque, Iowa, museum say it could cost more than $1 million and months of work to recover from a December fire that left extensive smoke and water damage. Fire damage was minimal during the Dec. 14 fire …
Arkansas officials say heavy rainfall has caused major water damage at Paragould City Hall. Mayor Mike Gaskill says the damage has caused ceiling tiles and insulation to fall, and the building can’t be heated because of the damage. Gaskill says …
While damages as a result of Superstorm Sandy have been tallied for auto, home and business losses, art losses remain unquantifiable, according to Filippi Guerrini-Maraldi, head of Fine Art at RK Harrison Insurance Services in London. That’s because many works …
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, around 21:15 local time (15:45 UTC) on Saturday, October 12, very severe Cyclonic Storm Phailin made landfall on the eastern coast of India near Gopalpur in Odisha. Phailin was a large storm, with …
The University of New Hampshire is cleaning up water and smoke damage after a fire broke out in the Physics department. Foster’s Daily Democrat reports that a faculty member was cleaning with isopropyl alcohol on Sunday evening when something reacted …