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Disasters

A dog traveled nearly 4 miles to get help after its owner crashed into a ravine

A dog traveled nearly 4 miles to get help after its owner crashed into a ravine

The man was traveling with his four dogs when he ran off a remote road into a ravine in Oregon. One dog returned to where the man was camping with family, alerting them that something was wrong.
by The Associated Press

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‘Something we’ve never seen before’: Minnesota emergency experts aid Iowans hit by tornadoes

‘Something we’ve never seen before’: Minnesota emergency experts aid Iowans hit by tornadoes

Minnesota first responders and emergency management experts are returning home in waves after lending their time to the community of Greenfield, Iowa, where an EF4 tornado killed four people, injured dozens more and wrecked more than 200 homes.
by Emily Bright and Gracie Stockton

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Two years after a tornado, Forada finds a new sense of community

Two years after a tornado, Forada finds a new sense of community

On May 30, 2022, an EF-2 tornado leveled much of Forada. Since then, the small west-central town has almost fully recovered. While some residents lost everything, in the months and years that followed many said they have gained something in the meantime — a sense of community. 
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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At least 15 dead in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after severe weather roars across region

At least 15 dead in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after severe weather roars across region

Powerful storms have killed at least 15 people and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The weather obliterated homes and destroyed a truck stop where drivers took shelter during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S.
by The Associated Press

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Norfolk Southern will pay $15 million fine as part of federal settlement over Ohio derailment

Norfolk Southern will pay $15 million fine as part of federal settlement over Ohio derailment

Residents were generally underwhelmed by the deal the Environmental Protection Agency and Justice Department announced Thursday, two days after a federal judge signed off on the railroad’s $600 million class action settlement with residents.
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More severe weather forecast in Midwest as Iowa residents clean up tornado damage

More severe weather forecast in Midwest as Iowa residents clean up tornado damage

Residents of the small city of Greenfield, Iowa, are working to clean up days after a destructive tornado ripped apart more than 100 homes in just one minute, took the lives of four residents and injured dozens more.
by The Associated Press

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