Disasters

November 12, 2012 8:32 AM

How can we improve America's electrical grid?

Parts of the northeast are still reeling from Sandy's impact on the electrical grid. How can we improve the grid for the future?

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November 11, 2012 2:48 PM

Cargill Foundation gives $500K in flood aid

Community leaders in Duluth are announcing a $500,000 grant to help those still recovering from June flash floods that damaged 1,700 homes.

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November 11, 2012 2:36 PM

2 die in northern Minn. crash

The Minnesota State Patrol says two people have died in a crash in northern Minnesota.

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November 10, 2012 11:19 AM

Hunter dies in tree stand in Waseca Co.

A hunter has died in his tree stand south of Waseca in southern Minnesota.

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November 10, 2012 11:02 AM

Minn. lighthouse to mark Fitzgerald sinking

The Split Rock Lighthouse will light its beacon Saturday to mark the anniversary of the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald.

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November 10, 2012 10:26 AM

Uprooted by Sandy, residents scatter to new housing

Since Superstorm Sandy ravaged the New Jersey and New York coastlines last week, FEMA has already put more than 30,000 residents in hotels and motels and given out roughly $300 million in rental assistance.

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November 8, 2012 11:29 AM

Storm brings new outages for Sandy-battered states

The nor'easter that stymied recovery efforts from Superstorm Sandy pulled away from New York and New Jersey Thursday, leaving hundreds of thousands of new people in darkness after a blanket of thick, wet snow snapped storm-weakened trees and downed power lines.

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November 7, 2012 2:06 PM

3 killed in Dodge Co. crash, 1 injured

The State Patrol says wet pavement was a factor in a head-on crash in southern Minnesota that killed two drivers and a young boy and injured the child's mother.

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November 6, 2012 11:11 AM

Where will housing be found for Sandy's victims?

Government leaders are turning their attention to the next crisis unfolding in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy: finding housing for potentially tens of thousands of people left homeless.