Northern California earthquake leaves 2 dead, buckles road, causes damage and injury
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocked the Northern California coast early Tuesday morning, left two people dead, caused gas leaks, shattered glass, left thousands without power, one buckled highway and jittery residents living through dozens of aftershocks.
U.S. Department of Transportation funds Midland road repairs with $25M grants
Midland is getting $25 million in funding from the federal government to help rebuild roads destroyed in the spring storms.
Puppy rescued from charred remains of home in California as wildfires burn through West Coast
Rescuers found a puppy sheltering within the charred remains on a property impacted by the Berry Creek fires.
Sinabung volcano ejects towering column of ash over Indonesia
Indonesia's rumbling Mount Sinabung has erupted with a column of volcanic materials shooting high into the sky.
Gov. Whitmer asks state to investigate failures of Edenville, Sanford dams
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has called for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) to investigate what caused the Edenville Dam and Sanford Dam to fail last week
Mid-Michigan homeowners sue state over Edenville dam break, allege neglect, mismanagement
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the state alleging Michigan regulators failed to protect residents from flooding due to poor dam infrastructure.
Everything we know about the 500-year flood that devastated Midland and surrounding communities
Beginning Tuesday, alarms began flashing for residents of mid-Michigan when news broke that a dam holding back Walled Lake had ruptured and flooding in downtown Midland was going to happen. The devastation left by the scene isn't yet clear, but the stress and frustration of natural disaster is already mounting.
Gov. Whitmer calls flooding in mid-Michigan a 500-year event
Rapidly rising water overtook the Edenville and Sanford dams, forcing the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan.
Midland could be under nine feet of water as mid-Michigan dams break, forcing thousands to evacuate
Two dams have broken and a third was under imminent threat of breaking in mid-Michigan, forcing thousands to flee. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer warned the city of Midland could be under nine feet of water by Wednesday.
A cataclysmic eruption: Looking back at Mount St. Helens 40 years later
The eruption was the worst volcanic disaster in the history of the conterminous United States, according to the United States Geological Survey.
Powerful 7.7 earthquake hits between Cuba and Jamaica
A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba on Tuesday. Witnesses reported strong shaking but there was no immediate word of casualties or heavy damage.
New South Wales authorities drop vegetables from helicopter to feed animals in Australia
Helicopters have been loaded with boxes of food to drop through the bushland and canyons.
Typhoon leaves as many as 33 dead as Japan continues rescue
TOKYO (AP) — Helicopters, boats and thousands of troops were deployed across Japan to rescue people stranded in flooded homes Sunday, as the death toll from a ferocious typhoon climbed to as high as 33. One woman fell to her death as she was being placed inside a rescue helicopter.