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Disasters

June storm tree damage called worse than 2011 tornado

The Minneapolis Tree Advisory Commission still doesn't have a final figure on how many trees were damaged. The city removed more than 2,500 trees after the May 2011 North Minneapolis tornado.
by Brandt Williams

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Duluth slip bridge has repeated breakdowns

Repeated breakdowns of a pedestrian lift bridge between the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center and the city's Canal Park is causing angst for area businesses and forcing tourists and other pedestrians to walk nearly a mile to cross the Minnesota Slip.

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Fire destroys Finland's only church

Fire Chief Pete Walsh says a lightning strike appears to have started the blaze at about 9 p.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church.

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2 boats collide on Lake Minnetonka

According to the Hennepin County Sheriff's office, two boats struck each other while traveling in the same direction 200 feet from shore on Wayzata Bay before 10 a.m. Sunday.

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San Fran officials: Possible plane victim run over

San Fran officials: Possible plane victim run over

Officials investigating a jetliner crash in San Francisco have determined that Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling ``significantly below'' the target speed during its approach and that the crew tried to abort the landing just before it smashed onto the runway.

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Dozens still missing after Quebec train disaster

Hazardous conditions hindered firefighters' attempts Monday to search for some 40 people still missing after a runaway oil tanker train exploded over the weekend, killing at least five people, officials said.

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FEMA to assess Minn. thunderstorm damage

State and federal officials begin assessing damage today from the severe thunderstorms that hit Minnesota last month.
by Matt Sepic

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Injured SF passenger: 'It's miraculous we survived'

Injured SF passenger: 'It's miraculous we survived'

Police officers threw utility knives up to crew members inside the burning wreckage of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 so they could cut away passengers' seat belts. Passengers jumped down emergency slides, escaping the smoke. Amid the chaos, some urged fellow passengers to keep calm, even as flames tore through the Boeing 777's fuselage.

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Minn. man loses 2 fingers in fireworks blast

Authorities in Otter Tail County say a man has lost two fingers after the firework he was holding exploded in his hand.

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San Francisco crash victims identified as Chinese girls

San Francisco crash victims identified as Chinese girls

Two people died Saturday in the crash-landing at San Francisco International Airport of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 from Seoul, South Korea, San Francisco's fire chief says. Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White says everyone who had been on board the flight is accounted for.

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