http://www.mail.com/subjects/302-accidents-disasters.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/302-accidents-disasters.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2101022-ap-photos-devastation-reunion-tornado-wake.html Residents sift through the remnants of their homes and parents hug children outside a demolished elementary school. Emergency workers tend to the wounded. Here are images of the aftermath of a powerful tornado that swept through an Oklahoma City suburb, flattening neighborhoods and killing at least 24 people. Wed, 22 May 2013 02:32:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2101022-ap-photos-devastation-reunion-tornado-wake.html 2013-05-22T02:32:49Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2101120-diversion-air-today.html NEW YORK (AP) — Two charter airplanes carrying the "Today" show anchor team and their crew from Hawaii to Yellowstone National Park were diverted in the air to Oklahoma for coverage Tuesday of the catastrophic tornado outside of Oklahoma City. Television networks rushed their big names to the scene, including anchors Brian Williams of NBC's "Nightly News"... Tue, 21 May 2013 23:43:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2101120-diversion-air-today.html 2013-05-21T23:43:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2101316-teachers-credited-with-saving-students-okla.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up. But before all of the youngsters could get there, the tornado alarm sounded. The plan changed quickly. "All the teachers started screaming... Tue, 21 May 2013 23:16:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2101316-teachers-credited-with-saving-students-okla.html 2013-05-21T23:16:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101100-funds-needed-okla-tornado-recovery.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Top lawmakers and officials said Tuesday that the federal government has plenty of money on hand to pay for recovery efforts in the wake of the devastating tornado that struck Oklahoma. The government has more than $11 billion in its main disaster relief fund. Recovery costs in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore are expected to be a relat... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:57:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101100-funds-needed-okla-tornado-recovery.html 2013-05-21T21:57:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2100942-soldiers-flood-western-mexico-to-protect-towns.html COALCOMAN, Mexico (AP) — Mexico's top security officials promised Tuesday that a new federal offensive to rescue towns besieged by the Knights Templar drug cartel in western Michoacan state would stay "until there is security and peace for all state residents." Interior Secretary Miguel Osorio Chong and his national security team met with local officials ... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:23:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2100942-soldiers-flood-western-mexico-to-protect-towns.html 2013-05-21T21:23:09Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100092-tornadoes-global-warming.html A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts: Q. Is global warming to blame? A. You can't blame a single weather event on global warming. In any case, scientists just don't know whether there will be more or fewer twisters as global warming increases. Tornadoes arise from very local conditions, and so they're not... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:15:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100092-tornadoes-global-warming.html 2013-05-21T21:15:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2101352-goat-lam-snarls-njs-pulaski-skyway-traffic.html JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A goat believed to have escaped en route to a slaughterhouse snarled the morning commute along one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey on Tuesday, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase. The small, chocolate brown female with curved horns eluded five Jersey City police officers for more than 90 minutes by jumping bac... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:08:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2101352-goat-lam-snarls-njs-pulaski-skyway-traffic.html 2013-05-21T21:08:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2099514-ap-photographer-sees-kids-pulled-okla-school.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too late. By the time I reached Moore, all I could see was destruction. I walked toward a group of people standing... Tue, 21 May 2013 20:51:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2099514-ap-photographer-sees-kids-pulled-okla-school.html 2013-05-21T20:51:35Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2099456-conn-rail-service-to-return-to-normal-wednesday.html NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — After a nearly four-hour commute Tuesday morning, Orlando Cordero was thrilled to hear train service was returning to normal as workers were finishing repair to tracks damaged by last week's train collision in Bridgeport. Regular commuter rail service from Connecticut to New York City, along with Amtrak service between Boston and N... Tue, 21 May 2013 20:38:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2099456-conn-rail-service-to-return-to-normal-wednesday.html 2013-05-21T20:38:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2098362-deadliest-attacks-iraq-us-troop-pullout.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Here is a look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops on Dec. 18, 2011: —May 21, 2013: Car bombing at a Sunni mosque kills at least 20 people. —May 20, 2013: A wave of attacks, some at markets and in rush hour crowds, kills 113 people in Shiite and Sunni areas. —May 18, 2013: Shootings and bombings kill at lea... Tue, 21 May 2013 20:32:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2098362-deadliest-attacks-iraq-us-troop-pullout.html 2013-05-21T20:32:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2099550-fire-chief-search-complete-oklahoma.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The search for survivors and the dead is nearly complete in the Oklahoma City suburb that was smashed by a mammoth tornado, the fire chief said Tuesday. Gary Bird said he's "98 percent sure" there are no more survivors or bodies to recover under the rubble in Moore, a community of 56,000 people. His comments came after emergency crews ... Tue, 21 May 2013 20:29:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2099550-fire-chief-search-complete-oklahoma.html 2013-05-21T20:29:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100768-power-moore-tornado-dwarfs-hiroshima-bomb.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Wind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create the massive killer tornado in Moore, Okla. And when they did, the awesome amount of energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima. On Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service gave it the top-of-the-scale rating of EF-5 for wind sp... Tue, 21 May 2013 20:19:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100768-power-moore-tornado-dwarfs-hiroshima-bomb.html 2013-05-21T20:19:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2099528-tornados-wake-worried-parents-seek-kids.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside an Oklahoma City area church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off — survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community. For many families, the ordeal ended in bear hugs and tears of joy as loved ones ... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:45:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2099528-tornados-wake-worried-parents-seek-kids.html 2013-05-21T18:45:47Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099276-toby-keith-okla-hometown-resilient.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tornadoes are a part of life in Moore, Okla., something country star Toby Keith was reminded of when a deadly, devastating one leveled parts of his hometown on Monday. "It's happened so many times through my life, I've been in so many," Keith said in a phone interview Tuesday. "During my life, probably on average every four or five... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:16:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099276-toby-keith-okla-hometown-resilient.html 2013-05-21T18:16:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099724-obama-pledges-urgent-aid-to-oklahoma-town.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history. "In an instant, neighborhoods were destroyed, dozens of people lost their lives, many more were injured," Obama said from the White House State Dining Room. "Among the victims were young ... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:33:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099724-obama-pledges-urgent-aid-to-oklahoma-town.html 2013-05-21T17:33:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099830-safrican-court-acquits-brother-oscar-pistorius.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — One Pistorius brother is free of charges — acquitted Tuesday of culpable homicide in the death of a woman in a road accident. The famous younger brother, Olympian double-amputee Oscar Pistorius, still must face his day in court for shooting and killing his girlfriend. Carl Pistorius cried tears of relief Tuesday as a magistrate acquitt... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:57:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099830-safrican-court-acquits-brother-oscar-pistorius.html 2013-05-21T16:57:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100428-pope-expresses-solidarity-with-tornado-survivors.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has expressed his "closeness to the families of all who died in the Oklahoma tornado," with special concern for "those who lost young children." The pope posted a Twitter message to the survivors Tuesday, and followed up with a telegram to the archbishop of Oklahoma City, Paul S. Coakley. The deadly tornado struck a suburb... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:57:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100428-pope-expresses-solidarity-with-tornado-survivors.html 2013-05-21T16:57:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100204-2-donkeys-suspected-mauling-death-hungary.html BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian police say they are investigating an incident in which an elderly man may have been mauled to death by two donkeys. It happened May 13 in the western Hungarian town of Magyarszecsod, when Sandor Horvath, a 65-year-old retired firefighter, was apparently pulled off his motorcycle by the donkeys kept on a lot neighboring h... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:25:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100204-2-donkeys-suspected-mauling-death-hungary.html 2013-05-21T15:25:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2099928-medical-examiner-24-dead-oklahoma-twister.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including nine children. Spokeswoman Amy Elliott said Tuesday morning that she believes some victims were counted twice in the early chaos of the storm. Authorities said initially that as many as 51 people were dead, i... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:22:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2099928-medical-examiner-24-dead-oklahoma-twister.html 2013-05-21T15:22:14Z 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/business/finance/2100104-okla-senator-tornado-aid-paid.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn says that any additional federal aid to help tornado victims and to rebuild devastated areas of his state should be financed with cuts to other programs in the government's $3.6 trillion budget. Spokesman John Hart says it's a position Coburn has consistently held regarding federal spending on disast... Tue, 21 May 2013 14:46:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2100104-okla-senator-tornado-aid-paid.html 2013-05-21T14:46:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099544-death-zimbabwe-unusual-us-charge.html ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of Harare in his government-issued Toyota Land Cruiser and struck and killed a 34-year-old Zimbabwe man. Prosecutors say the driver, Andrew Pastirik of Woodbridge, Va., was drunk when he struck and kil... Tue, 21 May 2013 14:16:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099544-death-zimbabwe-unusual-us-charge.html 2013-05-21T14:16:16Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2099712-montana-man-dies-yosemite-climbing-accident.html YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A Montana man died in a rock climbing accident as he tried to climb to the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, authorities said. Mason Robison, 38, of Columbia Falls, Mont., was killed after a rock dislodged and severed his rope as he and a partner were about 2,300 feet above the Yosemite Valley floor, Yosemi... Tue, 21 May 2013 13:25:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2099712-montana-man-dies-yosemite-climbing-accident.html 2013-05-21T13:25:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2097408-huge-tornado-hits-oklahoma-city-suburb-kills-51.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to... Tue, 21 May 2013 06:13:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2097408-huge-tornado-hits-oklahoma-city-suburb-kills-51.html 2013-05-21T06:13:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2099438-51-killed-okla-tornado-toll-expected-to-rise.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office says the official death toll in the aftermath of a massive tornado that slammed the Oklahoma City area remains at 51 but is expected to rise. Spokeswoman Amy Elliott told The Associated Press early Tuesday that officials could see as many as 40 more deaths from the Monday's twister. The tornado to... Tue, 21 May 2013 06:07:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2099438-51-killed-okla-tornado-toll-expected-to-rise.html 2013-05-21T06:07:46Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2098994-hospitals-treat-than-120-okla-tornado.html OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Officials at two hospitals say they've been treating more than 120 patients, including about 50 children, since a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City. Spokeswoman Brooke Cayot (KAY'-ot) says nine of 57 patients who are being treated at the Integris Southwest Medical Center were listed in critical condition after Monday afternoo... Tue, 21 May 2013 03:32:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2098994-hospitals-treat-than-120-okla-tornado.html 2013-05-21T03:32:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099234-missouri-city-aids-tornado-ravaged-okla-town.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Officials in Joplin, Mo., have brought together a team of public safety employees they are sending to tornado-stricken Moore. Joplin was devastated by a tornado two years ago that killed 158 people and injured hundreds more. On Monday, Joplin organized a team of about a dozen police and firefighters to assist in Moore. Joplin City Mana... Tue, 21 May 2013 03:09:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099234-missouri-city-aids-tornado-ravaged-okla-town.html 2013-05-21T03:09:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098926-oklahoma-twister-tracked-path-1999-tornado.html NEW YORK (AP) — Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. The National Weather Service estimated that the storm that struck Moore, Okla., on Monday had wind speeds of up to 200 mph, and was at least a half-mile wide. The 1999 storm had winds clocked at 300 mph, ac... Tue, 21 May 2013 02:47:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098926-oklahoma-twister-tracked-path-1999-tornado.html 2013-05-21T02:47:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099068-oklahoma-officials-tornado-search-rescue-ongoing.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says "hearts are broken" for parents wondering about the fate of their children after a tornado devastated suburban Oklahoma City and officials say the search and rescue effort will continue throughout the night. Fallin told a Monday news conference that a center for those seeking loved ones has been set up at... Tue, 21 May 2013 01:10:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099068-oklahoma-officials-tornado-search-rescue-ongoing.html 2013-05-21T01:10:41Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098804-judge-tosses-ex-bp-executives-obstruction-charge.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a charge that is the backbone of the case against a former BP executive accused of concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil spewing in 2010 from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. Defense attorney Reid Weingarten called it a huge victory for David Rainey, who was BP's vi... Tue, 21 May 2013 00:35:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098804-judge-tosses-ex-bp-executives-obstruction-charge.html 2013-05-21T00:35:20Z