Disasters

New York revises the death toll in fatal Bronx fire to 17, including 8 children
New York City authorities have revised down the number of people who died in a five-alarm fire inside a Bronx high-rise building on Sunday. Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that 17 people lost their lives in the fire, including eight children.
13 dead, including 7 children, in Philadelphia house
A large house fire in Philadelphia early Wednesday killed 13 people, including seven children, and sent two people to hospitals, fire officials said.
Two people remain missing after Colorado wildfire
Search teams looked for two missing people on Sunday in the snow-covered but still smoldering debris from a massive Colorado wildfire, while people who barely escaped the flames sorted through what was left after the blaze and investigators tried to determine its cause.
Fire ravages seat of South Africa's Parliament in Cape Town
A major fire ripped through South Africa's Parliament complex on Sunday, gutting offices and causing some ceilings in the building that houses the national legislature to collapse. A dark plume of smoke rose high into the air above the southern city of Cape Town.
Kentucky storms bring flooding, power outages, possible tornadoes
Kentucky’s governor declared a state of emergency on Saturday as storms ripped through the state causing flash floods, power outages and property damage, including from possible tornadoes. The storms came just three weeks after deadly tornadoes tore through the region.
Official: Three people missing, nearly 1,000 structures destroyed in Colorado wildfire
A Colorado official says nearly 1,000 homes were destroyed, hundreds more were damaged, and that three people are missing after a wildfire charred numerous neighborhoods in a suburban area at the base of the Rocky Mountains northwest of Denver.