Disasters

Portugal observes national day of mourning as Lisbon streetcar death toll rises to 17
The streetcar’s crumpled wreckage was still on the downtown road where it crashed Thursday. Officials declined to speculate on whether a faulty brake or a snapped cable may have caused the accident.
The long recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, ‘ground zero’ for Hurricane Katrina
While much of the focus marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina is on New Orleans, where federal levees failed and flooded the city, the historic storm also decimated the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Here’s how to support victims of Minneapolis church shooting
Funds have been set up by local organizations to help victims of the shooting at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis.
After the shootings: How communities heal
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with two therapists and a violence researcher about the grief, anger and fear that follows public shootings and the long and difficult process of healing afterwards.