BERLIN — At least seven people have died and several people are missing in Germany after heavy flooding turned streams and streets into raging torrents, sweeping away cars and causing some buildings to collapse. Police in the western city of Koblenz said Thursday that four people had died in Ahrweiler […]
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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes along California-Nevada border
SAN FRANCISCO — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 rattled the California-Nevada border Thursday afternoon, with people reporting feeling the shaking hundreds of miles away, according to the US Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries. The earthquake struck at 3:49 p.m. in […]
Snowmobile riders buried alive by avalanche in dramatic video
Backcountry Utah snowmobilers got a bigger winter thrill than they bargained for when they were buried by a massive avalanche over the weekend. POV footage of the terrifying incident has since gone viral on social media. “As I turned and looked up I could see the snow wave coming,” wrote […]
Missing cat found 3 years after California mudslide
A pet cat that was believed to have been killed in a mudslide three years ago was found alive and has been reunited with one of the people from her old life. Patches the calico cat went missing on the night that debris flows tore through Montecito, Calif., in January 2018, according to […]
Giant sinkhole consumes cars in Naples hospital parking lot
ROME — A giant sinkhole opened Friday in the parking lot of a hospital in Naples, Italy, forcing the temporary closure of a nearby residence for recovering COVID-19 patients because utilities were severed. Operations weren’t affected at the Hospital of the Sea and firefighters said it didn’t appear anyone was […]