Disasters

January 2, 2014 4:16 PM

Photos: Cleanup, investigation continue after Cedar-Riverside fire

Investigators continue to work at the scene of a fatal fire in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis that started on New Years' Day morning.

by Jeffrey Thompson and Jennifer Simonson

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January 2, 2014 10:15 AM

Stranded passengers flown to safety in Antarctic

After more than a week aboard a ship stuck in ice off Antarctica, 52 scientists and paying passengers from the Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy are either aboard or headed to an Australian icebreaker that will now take them to warmer waters.

by Mark Memmott

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January 2, 2014 8:03 AM

Authorities: body found after Cedar-Riverside fire; gas seen as possible cause

"Today our task is to find people who are missing and unaccounted for," Hussein Ahmed, director of the West Bank Community Coalition said Thursday morning.

by Brandt Williams, Laura Yuen, Jon Collins and Liala Helal

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January 2, 2014 5:15 AM

Broken axle found at scene of ND derailment

National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt says investigators will be determining whether the axle caused Monday's derailment or whether it broke during the crash.

by The Associated Press

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January 1, 2014 2:45 PM

Building explosion, fire rock Minneapolis neighborhood

An explosion ripped through a three-story building in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis New Year's Day morning, igniting a three-alarm fire and sending more than a dozen people to area hospitals.

by Mark Zdechlik, Laura Yuen and Tim Nelson

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January 1, 2014 2:36 PM

Casselton getting back to normal after derailment

Mayor Ed McConnell was back at his trucking business on New Year's Day, catching up on things he says he typically would have done the day before. He says the incident cost the 2,400 residents of the town a day and a half of their normal lives, but he thinks the community will recover quickly.

by The Associated Press

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January 1, 2014 1:44 PM

Photos: Minneapolis building explodes; firefighters work in brutal conditions

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January 1, 2014 11:08 AM

Fire before and after

A quick before-and-after of today’s fire in Minneapolis: Before (via Google Maps) After (via KARE 11) Fire maybe out but MFD continues 2 work in this frigid weather. Should be here thru the night. Latest @10. pic.twitter.com/d4F88RO45Q — Jay Olstad (@jayolstadtv) January 1, 2014

by Bob Collins

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January 1, 2014 8:13 AM

Federal flood insurance program is drowning in debt. Who will pay?

Before a disaster, FEMA helps with flood insurance -- cheap flood insurance. You can buy a FEMA flood insurance policy for about half the "actuarial" rate private insurers would offer. (The actuarial rate more accurately reflects the value of a property at risk.) But now FEMA has a problem. "We are $24 billion in debt," its director says.

by Christopher Joyce