May 6, 2010
The Tennessee Titans have gotten a chance to check out LP Field where flood waters covered the football field, and the damage appears to be minor. Senior executive vice president Steve Underwood said in a statement that water had receded …
May 5, 2010
A deep-sea search for the wreck of an Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic last year, killing all aboard, has been extended to cover a broader expanse of ocean, investigators said on Tuesday. Air France flight AF447 between …
May 5, 2010
A cloud of abrasive volcanic ash drifting south from Iceland disrupted flights to and from Ireland and Scotland anew on Wednesday. Two airports serving Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city, were closed until at least 1800 GMT, while flights from the Irish …
May 4, 2010
Airports in Ireland and parts of Britain were closed again for some hours on Tuesday because of the cloud of volcanic ash drifting south from Iceland that wreaked havoc on European air travel last month. Flights in much of continental …
May 4, 2010
BP Plc said Monday that waiver clauses in contracts it offered to Alabama fishermen to help fight the Gulf of Mexico oil spill had drawn allegations that it was trying to buy them off to give up the right to …
May 4, 2010
A weekend deluge burst rivers and creeks from their banks across Tennessee and neighboring U.S. states Monday, killing at least 22 people and forcing thousands to evacuate homes and hotels. The overflowing Cumberland River shut down bars and clubs in …
May 4, 2010
What makes an oil spill really bad? Most of the ingredients for it are now blending in the Gulf of Mexico. Experts tick off the essentials: A relentless flow of oil from under the sea; a type of crude that …
May 4, 2010
Nashville’s famous Gaylord Opryland Resort, which sits adjacent to the Cumberland River and is protected by levees built to sustain the 100 year flood standard, suffered flood damage in the early hours of Monday, May 3, 2010 as the river …
May 4, 2010
Recommendations by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for landowners in Trumann, Ark., to purchase flood insurance are nothing more than a scam, a levee district official told a crowd of concerned residents on May 1. “FEMA is taking an area …
May 3, 2010
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe traveled to Scotland, Ark., where a tornado damaged homes Friday night, killing one woman and injuring others. Emergency management officials also were to start a county by county assessment of damage from tornadoes that hit the …