http://www.mail.com/subjects/16552-property-damage.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/16552-property-damage.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2107476-damage-reported-magnitude-57-quake-calif.html GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Residents in rural northeastern California assessed damage to their homes and businesses Friday from a magnitude-5.7 earthquake, one of the strongest temblors to hit the densely forested region in decades. The quake centered near Greenville downed chimneys and sent items tumbling from grocery store shelves when it hit shortly bef... Fri, 24 May 2013 20:18:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2107476-damage-reported-magnitude-57-quake-calif.html 2013-05-24T20:18:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2105540-tornado-took-towns-youngest-swept-through.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — One loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field. When a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., it took with it 24 lives. Seven of them were children at Plaza Towers Elementary school; two were only babies. These are the victims' stories. JaNae Hornsby, 9 One of seven children killed inside the P... Fri, 24 May 2013 00:15:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2105540-tornado-took-towns-youngest-swept-through.html 2013-05-24T00:15:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102120-correction-oklahoma-tornado-story.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — In some early versions of a story May 22 about damage estimates from the tornado in Moore, Okla., The Associated Press misspelled the name of the city's mayor. He is Glenn Lewis, not Glen. The correct version of the story is below: Okla. tornado damage: Thousands of homes, $1.5-$2B Oklahoma tornado ripped through as many as 13,000 home... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:19:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102120-correction-oklahoma-tornado-story.html 2013-05-23T23:19:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2104620-kids-teachers-devastated-school-reunite.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Students from a suburban Oklahoma City elementary school destroyed by this week's tornado reunited with their teachers Thursday and collected whatever could be salvaged from the ruins. Some children carried thank-you cards. A first-grader was eager to see her favorite gym teacher and for a chance to say goodbye for the school year. It ... Thu, 23 May 2013 22:46:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2104620-kids-teachers-devastated-school-reunite.html 2013-05-23T22:46:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103932-school-storm-protection-spotty-tornado-zones.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. But a powerful tornado revealed the building's lack of modern safety standards, destroying the school and killing seven students. Unlike several other schools in the Oklahoma City are... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:31:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103932-school-storm-protection-spotty-tornado-zones.html 2013-05-22T21:31:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2099550-search-okla-tornado-survivors-complete.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children. Scientists concluded the storm was a rare and extraordinarily powerful type of... Wed, 22 May 2013 02:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2099550-search-okla-tornado-survivors-complete.html 2013-05-22T02:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100054-jersey-shore-readies-1st-post-sandy-summer.html SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — The boardwalks are back, and so are most of the beaches, even if some are a little thinner this year. The smell of funnel cakes, french fries and pizza will mingle with the salt air, and the screech of seagulls will be heard, but so will the thwack of hammers repairing what can be fixed and the roar of bulldozers and backhoes ... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:11:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100054-jersey-shore-readies-1st-post-sandy-summer.html 2013-05-21T15:11:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2096730-tornadoes-level-homes-okla-1-dead.html SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. "You can see where there's absolutely nothing, then there are places where you have mobile home frames on top of each other, debris piled up," Pottawatomie Cou... Mon, 20 May 2013 05:01:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2096730-tornadoes-level-homes-okla-1-dead.html 2013-05-20T05:01:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092546-tornado-ravaged-texas-town-to-start-recovery.html GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said Friday. In Granbury, the area hardest hit by Wednesday night's exceptionally strong tornado, workers are trying to restore water service, raise electrical... Sat, 18 May 2013 01:41:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092546-tornado-ravaged-texas-town-to-start-recovery.html 2013-05-18T01:41:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089912-correction-texas-storms-story.html GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — In a story May 16 about tornadoes that swept through North Texas, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the executive director for Trinity Habitat for Humanity in Fort Worth. He is Gage Yager, not Yeager. A corrected version of the story is below: Texas tornado devastation includes Habitat homes 16 tornadoes wallop North Texas... Fri, 17 May 2013 14:24:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089912-correction-texas-storms-story.html 2013-05-17T14:24:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089298-6-confirmed-dead-texas-tornado.html GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury. Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds said he hoped the death toll from the tornado would hold at six, with about 50 people injured and 250 people left homeless. The twister was part of a swarm of tornadoes unleashed o... Thu, 16 May 2013 07:55:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089298-6-confirmed-dead-texas-tornado.html 2013-05-16T07:55:51Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2083566-prince-harry-tours-storm-damaged-nj-shore.html SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry toured two New Jersey shore communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy, shaking hands with emergency personnel and construction workers before spending Tuesday afternoon in New York City at events promoting tourism, entrepreneurism and philanthropy. He even got a chance to play a little baseball. In Seas... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:21:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2083566-prince-harry-tours-storm-damaged-nj-shore.html 2013-05-14T21:21:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2069846-interior-dept-releases-475m-sandy-aid.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department on Tuesday said it is releasing more than $475 million to help repair the damage from Superstorm Sandy, which roared up the East Coast last fall. The money will go for 234 projects that will repair and rebuild parks, refuges and other agency facilities damaged by the storm and help get them ready for the summer se... Tue, 07 May 2013 22:49:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2069846-interior-dept-releases-475m-sandy-aid.html 2013-05-07T22:49:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2051462-christie-obama-kept-promise-storm-aid.html HIGHLANDS, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that President Barack Obama "has kept every promise he's made" about helping the state recover from Superstorm Sandy. Hours later, Obama's housing secretary approved New Jersey's plans to spend $1.83 billion in federal money to help the state rebuild and recover from the storm. Speaking on MSNBC's "Mo... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:50:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2051462-christie-obama-kept-promise-storm-aid.html 2013-04-29T18:50:21Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2045138-cuba-work-remains-6-months-sandy.html HAVANA (AP) — Many people in eastern Cuba are still living with family or in houses covered by flimsy makeshift rooftops six months after Hurricane Sandy pummeled the island's eastern provinces, residents and aid workers said Thursday. Many praised the government's efforts to rebuild Santiago and other cities but said much work remains to recover from the... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:57:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2045138-cuba-work-remains-6-months-sandy.html 2013-04-25T23:57:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2042484-venezuela-wrestles-truth-bombing-claims.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hours after barely winning Venezuela's presidential election, the ruling party started to flood state media with accusations that opposition provocateurs were firebombing Cuban-run neighborhood health clinics across the country in revenge. More than a week later, a national dispute is raging as the opposition wages a remarkably s... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:33:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2042484-venezuela-wrestles-truth-bombing-claims.html 2013-04-24T21:33:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2032940-china-rushes-relief-sichuan-quake-kills-180.html YA'AN, China (AP) — Rescuers and relief teams struggled to rush supplies into the rural hills of China's Sichuan province Sunday after an earthquake left at least 180 people dead and more than 11,000 injured and prompted frightened survivors to spend a night in cars, tents and makeshift shelters. The earthquake Saturday morning triggered landslides that c... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:57:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2032940-china-rushes-relief-sichuan-quake-kills-180.html 2013-04-21T04:57:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2032966-residents-allowed-texas-blast.html WEST, Texas (AP) — Stranded families growing weary and frustrated since a deadly Texas fertilizer plant explosion left them barricaded from their battered homes finally began returning Saturday, but only under a curfew and strict warnings to not wander beyond their own yards. Authorities gave the much-awaited OK after a nervous morning. Emergency workers ... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:42:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2032966-residents-allowed-texas-blast.html 2013-04-21T01:42:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025012-thousands-pakistanis-homeless-quake.html QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Thousands of people are homeless and desperate for aid in southwestern Pakistan following a deadly earthquake centered in neighboring Iran that toppled scores of mud brick homes and killed at least 36 people, officials said Wednesday. The Pakistani army has deployed several hundred soldiers to help the relief effort in Mashkel, the... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:53:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025012-thousands-pakistanis-homeless-quake.html 2013-04-17T17:53:32Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2019704-iaea-reviewing-cleanup-damaged-japan-nuke-plant.html TOKYO (AP) — The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency Monday began reviewing the decommissioning process at Japan's crippled nuclear plant, where new problems are triggering growing safety concerns about a cleanup expected to take decades. The experts will assess and analyze melted reactors, radiation levels and waste management at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant ... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:01:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2019704-iaea-reviewing-cleanup-damaged-japan-nuke-plant.html 2013-04-15T07:01:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2015282-spring-storm-socks-midwest-deep-south-3-dead.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A powerful spring storm unleashed tornadoes and winds strong enough to peel the roofs from homes in the Deep South and heaped snow and ice on the Midwest, killing three people and leaving thousands without power. The National Weather Service confirmed Friday that the storm system spawned 12 tornadoes in six states in recent days. For... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 04:58:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2015282-spring-storm-socks-midwest-deep-south-3-dead.html 2013-04-13T04:58:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2014008-3-die-spring-storm-packing-ice-snow-tornadoes.html SHUQUALAK, Miss. (AP) — A strong spring storm that socked the Midwest with ice and heavy, wet snow made its way east, raking the South with tornadoes Thursday, with three deaths blamed on the rough weather and thousands of people without power. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn said Thursday one person died and several people we... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2014008-3-die-spring-storm-packing-ice-snow-tornadoes.html 2013-04-12T03:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2012568-severe-storms-sock-midwest-push-east-1-dead.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — At least one death has been blamed on a strong spring storm system that's brought everything from tornadoes to ice and snow to much of the Midwest and parts of the southeast United States. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn said Thursday one person died and several people were injured after a reported tornado str... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:54:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2012568-severe-storms-sock-midwest-push-east-1-dead.html 2013-04-11T18:54:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1990628-nycs-coney-island-hopes-rebound-sandy.html NEW YORK (AP) — At the beginning of each tourist season, the entrepreneurs who pitch the thrill rides, hot dogs, sideshows and souvenirs at gritty Coney Island gather along its famous boardwalk to pray for two things: good weather and large crowds. Never have they prayed harder than now. Five months after Superstorm Sandy's surge swamped New York City's m... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:12:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1990628-nycs-coney-island-hopes-rebound-sandy.html 2013-04-01T17:12:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1984000-wash-landslide-shifted-massive-amount-earth.html COUPEVILLE, Wash. (AP) — Twenty properties on a scenic island hillside were damaged by the massive landslide in Washington state that displaced 200,000 cubic yards of earth, or about 40,000 dump truck loads, officials said Thursday. Not all the affected properties suffered structural damage — some lost portions of their yards, said Christopher Schwarzen, ... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:02:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1984000-wash-landslide-shifted-massive-amount-earth.html 2013-03-29T03:02:47Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1964166-japan-ups-damage-feared-quake-to-23t.html TOKYO (AP) — A major quake off the coast of central Japan could kill more than 320,000 people and cause 220 trillion yen ($2.3 trillion) in economic damage, a government panel said in a report that more than doubles estimates of the potential cost of such a disaster. The Cabinet Office said in a report carried by major newspapers Tuesday that the estimate... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:53:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1964166-japan-ups-damage-feared-quake-to-23t.html 2013-03-19T07:53:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1958426-small-plane-crashes-s-fla-parking-lot-3-die.html FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A small plane crashed into a parking lot near a South Florida airport Friday afternoon, killing all three people onboard and burning about a dozen vehicles. No one on the ground was hurt. Fire-Rescue Division Chief John San Angelo said the Piper Navajo, a twin-engine turboprop, began experiencing engine trouble shortly after t... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:50:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1958426-small-plane-crashes-s-fla-parking-lot-3-die.html 2013-03-16T02:50:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1956000-report-chilling-forecast-northwest-quake.html SALEM, Ore. (AP) — More than 10,000 people could die when — not if — a monster earthquake and tsunami occur just off the Pacific Northwest coast, researchers told Oregon legislators Thursday. Coastal towns would be inundated. Schools, buildings and bridges would collapse, and economic damage could hit $32 billion. These findings were published in a chilli... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:37:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1956000-report-chilling-forecast-northwest-quake.html 2013-03-15T00:37:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1937402-tsunami-hit-towns-barren-rebuilding-lags.html RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (AP) — Like tens of thousands of people who lost everything in the tsunami that pulverized Japan's northeastern coast two years ago, 83-year-old Hide Sato is living in one-room temporary housing, and longing for a home of her own. Chances are she will be waiting at least a few more years. The dozens of temporary housing camps built f... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:15:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1937402-tsunami-hit-towns-barren-rebuilding-lags.html 2013-03-08T03:15:56Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1922564-resilient-ind-town-moves-ahead-year-tornado.html HENRYVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Shaan Singh is back in business running a newly rebuilt convenience store and sandwich shop. A once-wrecked elementary and high school complex is back in session. Burgers and fried chicken are being served again at a popular restaurant that had a school bus tossed into its wall. A year after a deadly twister wielding 175 mph winds ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:06:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1922564-resilient-ind-town-moves-ahead-year-tornado.html 2013-02-28T19:06:24Z