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Decimated Ga. plant a symbol of storm's power
For Darleen Evans, it was sheer terror as the manufacturing plant where she worked collapsed around her and her colleagues. She and two other women ...
Mozambique floods: Death toll rises to 55
The United Nations says the death toll from the flooding in Mozambique has risen by seven to at least 55 people. The U.N. said Thursday that heavy ...
Flood waters recede in Mozambique
Flood waters have begun receding in Mozambique, and residents have started returning to the worst-hit city. The United Nations Resident Coordinator ...
Australians clean up from floods; supplies dwindle
Military personnel headed to flood-ravaged northeast Australia on Wednesday to help clean up the sludgy aftermath of floods that damaged thousands of ...
3 months after Sandy, victims waiting for relief
Devon Lawrence neatly stacked bricks on the gas burner of his kitchen stove and turned up the blue flame, creating a sort of radiator that warmed the ...
UN: Mozambique floods displace 150k, leave 38 dead
A U.N. official in flood-hit Mozambique says at least $15 million in aid is needed to help after flood waters have killed 38 people and displaced ...
After disasters, county struggles against drought
In the gently rolling hills of Oklahoma ranch country is a place that has seen more than its share of destructive weather — tornadoes, ice storms and ...
35,000 more NYC-area buildings in flood zones
Twice as many homes and businesses in and near the city would be in flood zones under new maps that may force more property-owners to buy flood ...
Flooded and frozen: Cold torments storm survivors
Polar air settled in earnest over the Northeast after trekking through the Midwest, grinding trains to a halt, bursting pipes and bringing further ...
Should worst-flooded areas be left after Sandy?
Superstorm Sandy, one of the nation's costliest natural disasters, is giving new urgency to an age-old debate about whether areas repeatedly damaged ...
Superstorm challenges definition of basement in NJ
Irene Sobolov believes the first floor of her house is just that. The federal government and her insurance company say it's a basement. The semantics, ...
Indonesian authorities battle floods in capital
Authorities were working Friday to repair a dike that collapsed amid floods that swamped the Indonesian capital as the waters gradually receded from ...
AP IMPACT: Deficient levees found across America
Inspectors taking the first-ever inventory of flood control systems overseen by the federal government have found hundreds of structures at risk of ...
NY storm commission urges flood walls for subways
A commission formed to examine ways to guard against storms like Sandy released a report Friday that calls for flood walls in subways, water pumps at ...
Winter storm batters Mideast, 8 dead
The fiercest winter storm to hit the Mideast in years brought a rare foot of snow to Jordan on Wednesday, caused fatal accidents in Lebanon and the ...
Winter storm brings more misery to Syrian refugees
A winter storm is magnifying the misery for tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing the country's civil war, turning a refugee camp into a muddy swamp ...
Main roads flooded in fierce Israel rainstorm
Heavy rain flooded the main highway into Israel's main commercial hub, and an army helicopter was sent to rescue Israelis stranded on a roof in one ...
Sandy prompts some elderly to seek assisted living
For the first time in her life, Marion Johnston says she feels old. The petite 80-year-old retired school secretary who uses a walker is still ...
Congress approves $9.7 billion in Sandy flood aid
The new Congress on Friday rushed out $9.7 billion to help pay flood insurance claims to 115,000 people and businesses afflicted by Superstorm Sandy, ...
APNewsBreak: Floods blamed for 16 pipeline spills
Pipeline spills caused by flooding and riverbed erosion dumped 2.4 million gallons of crude oil and other hazardous liquids into U.S. waterways over ...
Congress to vote Friday on Sandy flood aid
Many home and business owners flooded out by Superstorm Sandy could get insurance payouts soon through congressional action expected Friday on a $9.
Plan for NYC Ferris wheel rolls on, despite Sandy
As the city grapples with rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy, developers are pressing ahead with plans for an ambitious addition to the shoreline of ...
Sandy-flooded inland towns in NJ see no solutions
Images of New Jersey's devastated shoreline captivated the nation in the days after Superstorm Sandy. Less noticed was the enormous damage caused ...
Grim limbo for NYC's nursing home evacuees
Hundreds of elderly and disabled New Yorkers who were hurriedly evacuated from seaside nursing homes and assisted living residences after Superstorm ...
2012 another record-setter, fits climate forecasts
As 2012 began, winter in the U.S. went AWOL. Spring and summer arrived early with wildfires, blistering heat and drought. And fall hit the eastern ...