Disasters

Check insurance coverage before tornadoes hit, officials urge
This year, severe weather started early and state and local officials are reminding Minnesotans how to react when violent weather strikes. They urge homeowners and renters to make sure they are up to date with their insurance policies.
Police and firefighters called upon a half-dozen semi drivers Monday morning to help save a man from jumping off a bridge onto Interstate 94 near downtown Minneapolis.
Just over 700 people escaped from the Titanic after it struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on the night of 14 April 1912. More than 1,500 others were not so fortunate.
The newly formed Twin Cities Metro Water Safety Task Force held the first of three events this weekend aimed at addressing an increase in pool and hot tub drownings.