Tornadoes hit Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, death toll climbs
ThirteenDead in Arkansas, 2 in Oklahoma and a pair in Tennessee as tornadoes continue to ravage homes across America. “People in northern Mississippi and Alabama huddled in hallways and basements” began More...
Arkansas tornado death toll rises, dramatic rescue caught on video
A tornado caused a “mass casualty situation” in Vilonia, Arkansas, after ripping through the town on Sunday, a spokesman for the Faulkner County Sheriff’s office said. The spokesman said the number of casualties More...
Washington state mudslide death toll rises to 27 as rescue team battles more rain
Ninety people are still missing after the devastating landslide in Washington washed away part of the town of Oso. The count of missing community members is down from the original estimate of 176 as search and rescue More...
Washington State mudslide: Death toll rises to 14, as many as 176 missing
Search and rescue crews at the devastating mudslide Monday found an additional six bodies, bringing the total number of dead to 14, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office said. CBS published a great graphic which More...
8 confirmed dead, 100 missing in Washington State mudslide as search considers
Authorities are still searching for more bodies after a massive mudslide in a rural part of Washington state killed at least eight people and with over 100 reports of others missing. Washington state mudslide aftermath More...
Light 4.4-magnitude earthquake hits near Los Angeles
Los Angelenos were awaken this morning by a “light” earthquake that hit just six miles from Westwood, according to the US Geologic Survey today. Image/USGS The quake occurred at 6:25 a.m. PDT at a depth More...
Samaritan’s Purse airlifts supplies and relief to assist Philippines typhoon vicitms
PRESS RELEASE: A team from North Carolina-based Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse is already on the ground in the Philippines, working with local partners to coordinate and deliver desperately needed More...
Mount Etna erupts, showing the area with glowing ash, no threat to the local villages
The largest and most active volcano in Europe, Mount Etna, has erupted again. Lava flying high into the sky, ash and smoke was hurled over the countryside of Sicily. The video on Sky News captures the showers of More...
Stephen Colbert promotes Convoy of Hope raising over $100K with ‘Colbert Bump’
The famous Comedy Central talk show host encouraged his fans to support Springfield’s Convoy of Hope, which is currently working to help victims of the massive typhoon in the Philippines. Stephen Colbert mocked More...
Intro to Global Warming: A Lie by Any Other Name…(page 2)
Why don’t you hear this on the weather channel? I have been noticing major hype on the weather channel trying so hard to drum up hurricane action. Unfortunately the water is too cold and hurricanes need More...
‘Dark Knight Rises’ star Tom Hardy exits ‘Everest’ fanboy favorites being sought
A change to the production schedule of Sony’s upcoming survival drama Everest has resulted in star Tom Hardy to drop out of the film, leaving neither George Mallory nor his rival George Finch yet cast in the movie. Deadline More...
Cyclone Phailin leaves thousands in India marooned by flooding, 27 reported dead
Heavy rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Phailin, which struck the Odisha coast over the weekend and has since dissipated, has triggered massive floods in several districts in the state. MODIS satellite image of Tropical More...
Gracie Johnson, age 13, sole survivor from Colorado rock slide, saved by her father
A 13-year-old girl, the lone survivor of a rock slide that killed five people in Colorado, said her father used his body as a shield to protect her when the rocks came crashing down, according to police. Gracie More...
Massive Sakurajima volcano eruption caught on video, 16K feet into the air
The Sakurajima Volcano, one of Japan’s most active volcanoes, erupted on Sunday sending plumes of ash thousands of feet into the air, in what is being called it’s largest eruption in decades. Reports state that More...
Disaster Recovery Services Standby for Hospitals during Hurricane Season
When Hurricane Katrina affected the Gulf Coast in 2005, a New Orleans hospital found out too late that its emergency backup generators didn’t work and that there was no way to evacuate its patients. Rescue helicopters More...
19 firefighters killed in ‘perfect storm’ Arizona fire, only one survived from fire crew
Nineteen firefighters were killed while battling a central Arizona wildfire that was sparked by lightning Friday and grew quickly Sunday. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer confirmed Sunday night that the 19 had perished outside More...
Oklahoma tornado victims battling FEMA guidelines to rebuild homes
Should the tornado victim be “allowed” to re-build their home in an area deemed dangerous by the flood and tornado analysts of FEMA? Some tornado victims, who lost their homes, fear that they may not More...
Convoy of Hope joins with Oral Roberts students, alum to help Oklahoma tornado victims
The tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma last week devastated the area and Convoy of Hope is working with a group of students and alumni from Oral Roberts University (ORU) and GEB America to help survivors immediately More...
Connecticut woman killed in bizarre tree accident identified as Barbara Young
The name of the woman killed Monday afternoon when a tree fell on a group of people at Salmon River State Forest has been released. Barbara Young, age 45, was killed, according to the state Department of Energy More...
Death toll in Oklahoma rises to 91
According to new CNN reports, the mile-wide tornado killed at least 91 people, 20 of them children, as it ravaged parts of Oklahoma City Monday afternoon, flattening homes, flinging cars through the air and crushing More...
