Disasters

Plane crash investigations raise new questions about Minnesota-made sensor
As investigators work to determine the cause of last week's fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash -- and the Lion Air crash on a similar plane just months ago -- a sensor made by a Minnesota company is coming under scrutiny.
Nebraska floods: 74 cities, 65 counties declare state of emergency
Vice President Mike Pence will visit Nebraska Tuesday to survey damage caused by Midwest floods that have killed at least four people and displaced hundreds.
Over 1,000 feared dead after cyclone slams into Mozambique
The cyclone made landfall in Mozambique on Thursday and has destroyed roads, bridges and homes, leaving people stranded and displacing tens of thousands.
Ethiopia minister: 'Clear similarities' in Boeing crashes
Preliminary information from the flight data recorder of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed a week ago shows "clear similarities" with an earlier disaster involving the same kind of Boeing aircraft in Indonesia, Ethiopia's transport minister said Sunday.
More evacuations in Midwest as floodwaters head downstream
Residents in parts of southwestern Iowa were forced out of their homes Sunday as a torrent of Missouri River water flowed over and through levees. Hundreds of people in neighboring Nebraska also have been displaced by the late-winter flood.
Ice jams cause flooding along some Minnesota creeks, rivers
An ice jam caused a rapid rise of the Cottonwood River in New Ulm, Minn., over the weekend, sending water over a roadway as authorities monitored the situation.
Rescues, evacuations as floodwaters breach levees in Midwest
Authorities were using boats and large vehicles on Saturday to rescue and evacuate residents in parts of the Midwest where a recent deluge of rainwater and snowmelt was sent pouring over frozen ground, overwhelming creeks and rivers, and killing at least one person.
Grieving families given earth from Ethiopian crash site
As investigators in Paris started studying the cockpit voice recorder of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet Saturday, grieving family members were given sacks of dirt to bury in place of the remains of their loved ones.
The absence of a $3 part may have let tires roll off of a tractor-trailer, killing a Tulane University student from Minnesota, a Mississippi transportation official said.