Tag Archives: disaster
Drought woes in dry US West raise July 4 fireworks fears
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Many Americans aching for normalcy as pandemic restrictions end are looking forward to traditional Fourth of July fireworks. But with a historic drought in the U.S. West and fears of another devastating wildfire season, officials
Families of the missing visit site of Florida condo collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Rescue workers at a collapsed building near Miami have identified an additional four bodies that had been recovered earlier, bringing the number of people unaccounted for to 152, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Sunday. ...
Team of specialists sent to south Florida to probe collapse
WASHINGTON (AP) — A half-dozen scientists and engineers who specialize in disastrous structure failures are headed to south Florida to collect firsthand information on the cause of the catastrophic Champlain Towers South collapse.
Friends, family describe missing in Florida condo collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Families around the world remained stuck between waning hopes and widening fears Saturday, two days after the stunning collapse of a 12-story condominium near Miami.
Seattle hits record high amid Pacific Northwest heat wave
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Government officials, wildlife managers and utility workers across the Pacific Northwest were trying to keep people and animals safe as a historic heat wave scorched the region Saturday.
Louisiana pilot killed after helicopter crashes in Alabama
ALPINE, Ala. (AP) — An agricultural pilot was killed in Alabama when the helicopter he was flying crashed in an unincorporated community near Sylacauga, authorities said.
Crews at collapse site find body, raising death toll to five
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Rescue crews found another body in the rubble of a collapsed 12-story condominium tower near Miami on Saturday, raising the death toll to five as they raced to recover any survivors after fighting back fire and
Some donors sticking with Cuomo after harassment allegations
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo's political star was dimmed by allegations he sexually harassed women and misled the public about COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.
Up to 900,000 in Ethiopia’s Tigray face famine, US says
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States estimates that up to 900,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray region now face famine conditions amid a deadly conflict, even as the prime minister says there is “no hunger” there.
Pakistan arrests more suspects in deadly car bomb attack
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s counterterrorism police made more arrests Saturday in connection with a car bombing earlier in the week that killed three people and wounded 25. The attack in Lahore was near the residence of a convicted militant
