An Indonesian military plane has crashed, killing at least 97 people. As Daniel Schearf reports from The military transport plane crashed into homes near an air force base Wednesday morning as it was coming in for a landing. Over one …
Monthly Archive: May 2009
5 killed in Nevada plane crash
A twin-engine plane crashed in western Nevada Saturday afternoon, killing all five people on board, authorities said. Witnesses saw the plane nosedive in the town of Gardnerville at about 4:10 p.m. (7:10 p.m. ET), but there was no fire, said …
Deadly storms rip through Midwest, South
Emergency teams on Sunday were assessing damage from deadly storms that devastated parts of Missouri, Kentucky and West Virginia this weekend — even as the threat of more severe weather continued. The storm that tore through Madison County, Kentucky, on …
Weather helps fight against California fire
Fog and light winds were helping contain a wildfire that had ravaged parts of Southern California and scorched nearly 9,000 acres, authorities said late Saturday. Mandatory evacuation orders had been downgraded to warnings in some areas in Santa Barbara County …
At least 22 killed as typhoon ‘Emong’ leaves
Twenty-two people were killed and seven others remain missing as typhoon “Emong” (international name: Chan-Hom) is leaving the Philippines after devastating the country’s northeastern coasts, disaster relief authorities said yesterday. The tyhoon, locally known as Emong, has also displaced nearly …