Disasters

Agriculture remains one of the nation's most dangerous professions; accidents on farms kill hundreds and injure thousands each year. To help rescuers reach people quickly and safely, a handful of farmers have been working with researchers and firefighters on an online program that maps farm hazards.
A civil engineering firm has been hired to examine the site of the bluff collapse that killed two children in Lilydale Regional Park earlier this week.
Dayton offers condolences to classmates of landslide victims
Gov. Mark Dayton offered condolences to the staff and students of Peter Hobart Elementary in St. Louis Park on Friday morning during a memorial held for two students who died this week in a landslide.
Residents of Cavalier who were evacuated nearly three days ago because of a threatened dam are going home.
Photos: The deadly St. Paul landslide
Two children died in an apparent landslide on a fossil hunting school field trip Wednesday at Lilydale Regional Park in St. Paul. Two others were injured when the ground gave way beneath the fourth graders from St. Louis Park.
Community mourns boys killed in mudslide
Families and community continue to mourn the deaths of two boys killed in a St. Paul park mudslide earlier this week. Gov. Mark Dayton is expected to attend a memorial at Peter Hobart Elementary School on Friday for the victims, Mohamed Fofana and Haysem Sani.
An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said.
School, students cope with tragic loss
It was a tough Thursday for students and teachers at Peter Hobart Elementary as they dealt with the loss of two students who died in a landslide during a field trip the previous day.