Tag: Natural disasters
Stories of survival keep hope alive as rescuers race clock
For 17 days, Reshma Begum survived under heaps of rubble after an eight-story garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh eight years ago. A few years...
Tropical Storm Enrique heads for resorts in southern Baja
MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Enrique, which spent the weekend as the first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season, is losing steam as it...
Remnants of tropical storm spread rain in Georgia, Alabama
ATLANTA — The remnants of Tropical Storm Danny are moving across Georgia and spreading rain into parts of Alabama after coming ashore on the...
First African American named to lead US Forest Service
WASHINGTON — Veteran forester Randy Moore has been named chief of the U.S. Forest Service, the first African American to lead the agency in...
Tragedy becomes personal for Miami-Dade rescue crews
SURFSIDE, Fla. — Search and rescue teams from Miami-Dade are considered among the best and most experienced in the world, dispatched to epic disaster...
Hurricane Enrique sweeping past to Mexico’s southwest coast
MEXICO CITY — The first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season brushed past the coastal shoulder of southwestern Mexico, keeping just off shore while...
Tropical storm could form off Georgia and South Carolina
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Forecasters are watching a weather a system they say has a good chance of strengthening and dropping large amounts...
Hurricane Enrique aims for brush with Mexico’s Pacific coast
MEXICO CITY — The first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season headed for a possible close brush with Mexico's southwestern shoulder Sunday night, and...
Drought woes in dry US West raise July 4 fireworks fears
SALT LAKE CITY — Many Americans aching for normalcy as pandemic restrictions end are looking forward to traditional Fourth of July fireworks. But with...
Enrique forecast to become hurricane off southwest Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Enrique gained strength off southern Mexico and forecasters predicted it would become the first hurricane of the eastern Pacific...
