Disasters

Plane crashes and bursts into flames at an airport in South Korea, killing at least 179
Footage of the crash aired by YTN television showed the Jeju Air plane skidding across the airstrip, apparently with its landing gear still closed, and colliding head-on with a concrete wall.
Flooding took away the love of his life after 35 years without a day spent apart
Jerry and Sibrina Barnett never spent a single day apart in 35 years together. They never thought a hurricane could affect their mountainous East Tennessee community of Johnson City. But on Sept. 27, Sibrina was one of 11 people swept into raging floodwaters when Hurricane Helene cut off the Impact Plastics factory.
Farmers are still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South
Farmers in Georgia are still reeling more than two months after Hurricane Helene blew away cotton, destroyed ripened squash and cucumbers and uprooted pecan trees and timber. Agribusinesses in other Southern states saw costly damage as well. 
German authorities received tipoffs last year about the suspect in Christmas market attack
German authorities say they received tipoffs last year about the suspect in a car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg as more details emerged about the five people killed. Authorities have identified the suspect as a Saudi doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006.
Wisconsin school shooter had 2 handguns, used only 1 in attack that killed student, teacher
A Wisconsin police chief says the shooter at a religious school in Madison had two handguns with her but used only one in the attack that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others.