The storm system that hit northern and central Wisconsin on April 10 produced a record number of tornados for one day in April. The National Weather Service reported there were 12 tornadoes, surpassing the record of 10 for one day …
Tornadoes, violent thunderstorms, high wind and hail struck large swaths of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas last week and now those states are beginning the process of assessing the damage. In Arkansas, storms killed seven people, left a trail of …
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has requested a federal Major Disaster Declaration for his state as a result of widespread wildfires and continuing fire danger across the state. Perry identified 252 out of 254 Texas counties that are presently threatened or …
Oregon’s governor has asked President Barack Obama to issue a disaster declaration for a coastal county ravaged by a tsunami this month. Gov. John Kitzhaber made the request for Curry County on the state’s southern coast after disaster teams estimated …
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that he wants to review information from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about safety of a nuclear plant that lies near a seismic fault line 35 miles north of Manhattan. “Frankly, that was surprising to …
The city of Los Angeles discriminates against disabled people because it lacks specific plans to meet their needs in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency, a federal court ruled. This is the first such decision in the …
Virginia emergency management officials are planning to hold a statewide tornado drill. The drill is a joint effort between the state Department of Emergency Management and the National Weather Service. It will take place on March 15 at 9:45 a.m. …
River forecasters for the National Weather Service underestimated the flood level that a major river would reach during Nashville’s fatal May floods because they relied on inaccurate data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the service concluded in a …
Rescue workers dug for survivors Thursday and struggled to reach areas cut off by floods and landslides that have killed at least 482 people in one of Brazil’s deadliest natural disasters in decades. Torrents of mud and water set off …
Australia’s third-largest city started cleaning up stinking mud and debris on Friday after some of the country’s worst floods on record, but in a sign of the task ahead, it could take six months to pump flood waters out of …
