Firefighters facing another hot and windy forecast worked on May 5 to battle a large wildfire in central Oklahoma that destroyed at least six homes and left one person dead after a controlled burn spread out of control. The wildfire …
This time last year folks in Beaufort County, North Carolina were packed up and ready to heed an evacuation warning when Hurricane Irene was forecast to come ashore as a Category 2 storm. When the storm was downgraded, people decided …
Missoula, Mont. authorities say part of Reserve Street is closed and the immediate area is being evacuated after a head-on collision between a propane truck and another vehicle. Reserve Street is closed between Mullan Road and Third Street. A police …
When the next devastating earthquake strikes off the Northwest coast, it is expected to send a tsunami so fast that it could leave coastal communities with perhaps 20 minutes to escape the surge of water. For small towns like Long …
The nation’s capital has prepared for emergencies with sleek communication systems, intelligence fusion centers and chemical detention centers at train stations. What showed during the 5.8-magnitude quake that shook much of the East Coast last Tuesday was that evacuating during …
Residents near the Onslow and Pender county line in North Carolina are being evacuated on a voluntary basis as a wildfire spreads. As of Thursday, the fire has burned 20,000 acres. Fire officials said the wildfire started last weekend in …
The head of Tokyo Electric Power on Tuesday asked Japan’s government to help shoulder the burden of compensating those displaced by the crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a bill that is expected to run to tens of billions …
