disasters
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 1 week 2 days 15 hours 32 minutes ago
AP - Torrential rains in the Algerian desert created flash floods that drowned 29 people and injured more than 80 others, an Algerian health official reported Thursday.
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 1 week 1 day 8 hours 32 minutes ago
AP - The official death toll from four storms that ravaged Haiti this summer has nearly doubled to some 800 people, authorities said Friday.
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 1 week 2 days 16 hours 32 minutes ago
Cuban markets offered a dwindling selection of food and a growing expanse of empty shelves on Wednesday as food shortages the government warned about after hurricanes Gustav and Ike became increasingly evident.
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Mr X 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour 2 minutes ago
A Metrolink commuter train believed to be carrying up to 350 people collided with a freight train Friday, killing two people ...
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by pbl 4 weeks 1 day 56 minutes ago
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) -- A colossal Hurricane Ike menaced the darkened Texas coast early Saturday, ensuring a sleepless night for thousands who huddled and waited to find out if a gamble to face the storm head-on could cost them their lives....
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 3 weeks 6 days 12 hours 32 minutes ago
Millions left without water and power as rescuers move into devastated areas of Texas and Louisiana
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 4 weeks 10 hours 32 minutes ago
Forecasters warned of "certain death," a possible 25-foot surge of water that would wash across the Texas and Louisiana coast, wiping away towns in a white-capped, churning mess of debris....
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 3 weeks 6 days 1 hour 32 minutes ago
GALVESTON, Tex., Sept. 14 -- As Texas Task Force 1 convoyed into the west end of Galveston Island Sunday morning on a search-and-rescue operation, it immediately had to dodge a herd of cows. Livestock roam free in the wake of Hurricane Ike. This is a...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 3 weeks 5 days 2 hours 32 minutes ago
The American Red Cross, which is plunging into debt to provide relief after back-to-back Gulf Coast hurricanes, said yesterday that it has asked Congress for $150 million in emergency funding to replenish its disaster relief reserves. Red Cross officials said the request is unusual for...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 3 weeks 2 days 12 hours 32 minutes ago
Airport security video of last month's plane crash in Madrid shows the aircraft just barely getting off the ground, then skidding and erupting in a ball of fire and column of black smoke.
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 4 weeks 10 hours 32 minutes ago
Shards of glass tumbled from the Houston skyline, millions were left without power and the nation's oil production was crippled Saturday as unforgiving Hurricane Ike tore up Texas.
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours 32 minutes ago
AFP - The governor of north China's Shanxi province stepped down Sunday over a landslide that killed at least 254, the second time he has fallen from grace over a major scandal.
comments (0) |
report problem
