Jae C. Hong / AP California Wildfire Survivors Who Lost Their Homes Could Suffer Massive Tax Increase from Settlement Payouts Many wildfire survivors in California are facing another battle on taxes targeting their payout settlements. By The Associated Press April 27, 2026
AP Photo / Cliff Owen, File Trump's DOJ Moves Against City of Washington, DC Over Sewage Disaster That Polluted Potomac With Millions of Gallons of Human Waste The pipe collapsed Jan. 19, shooting sewage out of the ground and into the river just north of Washington in Montgomery County, Maryland. By The Associated Press April 26, 2026
Alonzo Adams / AP; Alonzo Adams / AP Incredible Video: Skycam Catches Massive Tornado Narrowly Missing Oklahoma Town During Violent Storm Outbreak "Usually when we come to a neighborhood that’s been hit this bad, there’s one or two deaths," the governor said. By Bryan Chai April 24, 2026
Marco Bertorello - AFP / Getty Images Massive Landslide Rips Through Small Town, Forces Mass Evacuation Niscemi, a small town located in the southwestern part of Sicily, was affected by a landslide that spanned 2.5 miles. By Sean Hustedde February 1, 2026
AP Photo / Jae C. Hong LA Residents Still Battling Toxic Hazards in the Aftermath of Last January's Devastating Wildfires Scientists still don’t know the long-term health impacts of exposure to massive urban fires like last year’s in Los Angeles. By The Associated Press January 11, 2026
Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Reality TV Star Whose Home Burned in Palisades Fire Announces Run for LA Mayor: 'We Are Going to Expose the System' A man who carved himself a villain's role in a reality television program is pointing out the real villains of last year's disaster. By Bryan Chai January 8, 2026
Casey Jones / YouTube screen shot Stunning Footage: Massive Chinese Bridge Collapses Months After Opening A massive bridge collapse in China adds to the infratstructure disasters taking place there as China tries to expand highways. By Jack Davis November 12, 2025
Ramón Espinosa / AP Hundreds of Thousands Evacuate Historically Powerful Hurricane in Eastern Cuba, Jamaica The storm was expected to generate a surge of up to 12 feet in the region and drop up to 20 inches of rain in parts of Cuba. By The Associated Press October 29, 2025
@KTBS / X screen shot Tragic: Teen Deer Hunter Found Dead in Tree Stand from Apparent Lightning Strike, Police Say When first responders arrived, they found the young hunter up in his tree stand. A thunderstorm had just passed through the area. By Ole Braatelien October 25, 2025
Saeed Khan - AFP / Getty Images 'Democrat Shutdown' Could Fan the Literal Flames of Wildfires: GOP Reps The USDA notes in its funding lapse plan that the Forest Service will need to “scale back hazardous fuels treatments like prescribed burns." By Audrey Streb October 5, 2025