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Damage scatters the rear of Tim Long's home in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., Feb. 16, 2021, following a tornado that struck the area the previous night. The twister that hit Ocean Isle Beach in February killed three people and injured about 10 others. (AP Photo/Bryan Anderson)
DISPATCH: In tornado's wake, navigating a reluctant town

By Bryan Anderson Jun. 22, 2021 09:09 AM EDT

A stiff breeze across the Mississippi Sound attracts resting sea gulls on old pilings, Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Ocean Springs, Miss. Tropical Storm Claudette brought much evening and early morning rain and left a stiff breeze along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Major damage to Alabama mobile home park amid tropical storm

By Kevin Mcgill And Russ Bynum Jun. 19, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

A cow runs through high tide water at the Digha beach on the Bay of Bengal coast as Cyclone Yaas intensifies in West Bengal state, India, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Heavy rain and a high tide lashed parts of India's eastern coast as the cyclone pushed ashore Wednesday in an area where more than 1.1 million people have evacuated amid a devastating coronavirus surge. (AP Photo/Ashim Paul)
Cyclone lashes India, Bangladesh; 6 dead, 1.1M evacuated

By Ashok Sharma And Julhas Alam May. 25, 2021 09:53 PM EDT

Lava from the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo cuts through Buhene north of Goma, Congo Monday, May 24, 2021. Residents returned to destroyed homes and searched for missing loved ones on the outskirts of Goma as officials called for vigilance amid small tremors after the large volcano erupted Saturday May 22, 2021 .  Mount Nyiragongo sent torrents of lava into villages after dark with little warning, leaving at least 15 people dead amid the chaos and destroying more than 500 homes. (AP Photo/Justin Kabumba)
Death toll from Congo volcano eruption rises to at least 32

By Jean-Yves Kamale May. 24, 2021 11:30 AM EDT

A Palestinian man inspects the damage of a house destroyed by an early morning Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Israel carried out a wave of airstrikes on what it said were militant targets in Gaza, leveling a six-story building in downtown Gaza City, and Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel early Tuesday, the latest in the fourth war between the two sides, now in its second week. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Palestinians go on strike as Israel-Hamas fighting rages

By Fares Akram And Ravi Nessman May. 18, 2021 02:31 AM EDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, emergency personnel search through the wreckage of buildings destroyed by a reported tornado in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, early Saturday, May 15, 2021. Two tornadoes killed several people in central and eastern China and left hundreds of others injured, officials and state media reported Saturday. (Xiong Qi/Xinhua via AP)
Back-to-back tornadoes kill 12 in China; over 300 injured

May. 15, 2021 12:55 AM EDT

Damage from the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fire is seen at Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Boulder Creek, Calif., Thursday, April 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Resilient redwood forest a beacon of hope for California

By Martha Mendoza Apr. 23, 2021 05:05 PM EDT

Fire causes partial roof collapse at textile factory

Apr. 19, 2021 03:50 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A fire caused extensive damage to a textile manufacturing facility in Portland early Monday, officials said. The...

McNeese State AD relinquishes basketball coaching duties

Mar. 11, 2021 07:49 PM EST
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — McNeese State athletic director and basketball coach Heath Schroyer is stepping away from coaching to focus on rebuilding the...

Buddhist monks offer a prayer for victims of the 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami, at a memorial cenotaph near former high school building, background, in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, Japan Thursday, March 11, 2021. Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that struck Japan's northeastern coast. (Yohei Nishimura/Kyodo News via AP)
Still recovering, Japan marks 10 years since tsunami hit

By Mari Yamaguchi Mar. 11, 2021 07:50 AM EST

Kenneth Henderson carries a case of donated water back to his home, which was without running water after the recent winter storm, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Houston. Local officials, including Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, say they have focused their efforts during the different disasters on helping the underserved and under-resourced but that their work is far from complete. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Deep freeze just latest disaster to befall Houston's needy

By Juan A. Lozano Mar. 08, 2021 05:11 AM EST

Texas congresswoman Penny Morales Shaw, from left, joins U.S. Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sylvia Garcia, as they fill boxes at the Houston Food Bank on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in Texas on Friday, directing federal agencies to help in the recovery. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Biden to visit storm-ravaged Texas Friday

By Alexandra Jaffe Feb. 23, 2021 12:40 PM EST

A early evening fire destroyed several buildings at the Hole In The Wall Gang Camp, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021 in Ashford, Conn. A fire on Friday evening destroyed four buildings at Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for seriously ill children in Connecticut. (Mark Mirko/Hartford Courant via AP)
Donations pour in to rebuild Newman's camp for sick kids

By Pat Eaton-Robb Feb. 18, 2021 04:36 PM EST

Workers clean up the damage at Ocean Ridge Storage Solutions in Brunswick County, N.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Officials say a ferocious tornado struck shortly before midnight Monday just inland from the barrier island of Ocean Isle Beach.(AP Photo/Chris Seward)
Cooper seeking improved warning system after deadly tornado

By Bryan Anderson Feb. 17, 2021 04:50 PM EST

A portion of a highway is blocked by a landslide after an earthquake hit the city, in Soma, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. A strong earthquake hit off the coast of northeastern Japan late Saturday, shaking Fukushima, Miyagi and other areas, but there was no threat of a tsunami, officials said.(Hironori Asakawa/Kyodo News via AP)
Powerful Japan quake sets off landslide, minor injuries

By Yuri Kageyama And Mari Yamaguchi Feb. 13, 2021 11:43 PM EST

Central Louisiana zoo still repairing damage from Laura

Feb. 06, 2021 11:22 AM EST
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — Although Hurricane Laura’s landfall was about 115 miles (185 kilometers) away, damage from its winds and COVID-19 restrictions have kept...

Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee investigators inspect debris found in the waters around the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet crashed, at the search and rescue command center at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Jan 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
After seeing floods, Indonesian leader visits quake zone

By Niniek Karmini And Yusuf Wahil Jan. 18, 2021 11:02 PM EST

Hospital staff take a break as patients are treated outside amid fear of aftershocks, at a hospital affected by an earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. Rescuers retrieved more bodies from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by the magnitude 6.2 earthquake while military engineers managed to reopen ruptured roads to clear access for relief goods. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil)
Indonesian teams find more bodies from quake that killed 78

By Muhammad Rifki And Yusuf Wahil Jan. 17, 2021 09:36 AM EST

Debris remains on the sidewalks in front of buildings damaged in a Christmas Day explosion Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Officials have named 63-year-old Anthony Quinn Warner as the man behind the bombing in which he was killed, but the motive has remained elusive. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Christmas bombing marks another dark day for Nashville

By Kimberlee Kruesi And Bobby Caina Calvan Dec. 29, 2020 12:39 PM EST

People move through remains of a building damaged in an earthquake, in Petrinja, Croatia, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. A strong earthquake has hit central Croatia and caused major damage and at least one death in a town southeast of the capital. (AP Photo)
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Croatia; 1 death reported

Dec. 29, 2020 08:22 AM EST