Russian crash investigators find voice recorder
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV In this photo provided by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, fire fighters and rescuers work at the crash site of a Russian passenger airliner near Kazan, the capital…
Accidents and disasters
Power of Illinois tornadoes comes into focus
This aerial view on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, shows a home that was damaged by a tornado that hit the western Illinois town of Washington on Sunday. It was one…
‘Apocalyptic’ storm floods Sardinia, 17 dead
By NICOLE WINFIELD Two tankers are battered by gale winds while at the roadstead in the rough waters of the Gulf of Cagliari, Sardinia, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. A violent…
2 killed in blast at Belgian refinery
Firemen and rescue personnel stand outside of the Total refinery in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium on Tuesday Nov. 19, 2013. An explosion at Total’s Antwerp refinery in Belgium, Europe’s…
NTSB: Oklahoma senator’s son noted engine trouble
FILE – In this Nov. 10, 2013 file photo, a small plane pilotd by Dr. Perry Inhofe, the son of Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, burns after crashing near a residential…
Philippine corruption magnifies effects of typhoon
By OLIVER TEVES and NICK PERRY A plea for help in SOS is painted on a road in an aerial view from a U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopter over San Jose,…
State-by-state look at storm, tornadoes in Midwest
The home of Phyllis Rawlins is destroyed home in Kokomo, Ind., Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Sunday’s storm picked up Rawlins’ Victorian-style house and moved it about 100 feet, leaving a…
Video shows near-vertical crash of Russian plane
By VLADIMIR KONDRASHOV and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV In this photo provided by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, firefighters and rescuers work at the crash site of a Russian passenger airliner near Kazan,…