Natural disasters – The Durango Herald

‘Pray for everybody’: Irma begins its assault on Florida

MIAMI – A monster Hurricane Irma roared into Florida with 130 mph winds Sunday for what could be a sustained assault on nearly the entire Sunshine State, flooding streets, knocking out power...

DATE: Sep 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Houston’s businesses inching back to work as waters recede

HOUSTON – Bobby Jucker has had it with hurricanes. In 2008, Hurricane Ike tore the roof off his business, Three Brothers Bakery. Now, he estimates, he’s facing $1 million in damag...

DATE: Sep 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Relief comes slowly for coastal towns recovering from Harvey

SEADRIFT, Texas – Some shoreline communities that bore the brunt of Hurricane Harvey still need clean water, electricity and health care more than a week after the winds and rain subsided. ...

DATE: Sep 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Billionaire Warren Buffett says hurricane damage will linger

OMAHA, Neb. – Billionaire Warren Buffett says the storm damage in Texas is staggering, but he isn’t sure yet how much insurance companies will have to pay in claims. Buffett’s Ber...

DATE: Sep 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Flood insurance policies plunged before Harvey

WASHINGTON – Houston’s population is growing quickly, but when Harvey hit last weekend there were far fewer homes and other properties in the area with flood insurance than just five years a...

DATE: Sep 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

National Center for Disaster Fraud gives tips to avoid fraud

Watch out for fake donation drives

DATE: Aug 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

More chaos in Houston as floodwaters rise to roof lines

HOUSTON – Floodwaters reached the roof lines of single-story homes Monday, and people could be heard pleading for help from inside as Harvey kept pouring rain on Houston after a chaotic week...

DATE: Aug 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rescuers pluck hundreds from rising floodwaters in Houston

HOUSTON – Tropical Storm Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into the nation’s fourth-largest city Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground and overw...

DATE: Aug 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hospital officials: Nearly 500 dead in Sierra Leone mudslides

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Churches across Sierra Leone held special services Sunday in memory of those killed in mudslides and flooding earlier this week, as hospital officials announced the ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bayfield man to help with disaster relief in Tennessee

State struck by deadly wildfires, tornadoes

DATE: Dec 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ferocious cyclone strikes Pacific island nation of Fiji

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Residents of Fiji were beginning to clean up and assess the damage Sunday after a ferocious cyclone tore through the Pacific island chain overnight. Ther...

DATE: Feb 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

East Coast feels snowfall’s impact

NEW YORK – Brilliant sunshine and gently rising temperatures followed the mammoth blizzard that paralyzed Washington and set a single-day snowfall record in New York City, enabling millions ...

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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