Accidents & Man Made Disasters

Cycling: Be accident aware on your bike

guardian.co.uk     2 hrs ago   2 related          

As more of us start cycling, Susannah Hickling looks at the perils and legal protection on offer As the cost of petrol blows an ever-bigger hole in our bank accounts, more of us are hopping on to bicycles instead. Penny...                    

Home collapses as floods strike

bbc.co.uk     9 hrs ago   6 related          

A house has collapsed and several homes and roads have been flooded after more heavy rain hit Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Firefighters were also trying to divert water from the flooded Dolan Park Hospital in Tardy...                    

House Explodes in Suburban Chicago

time.com     3 hrs ago   18 related          

— Authorities in northern Illinois say an explosion has destroyed a house and the bodies of the elderly couple who occupied the home have been found in the wreckage. The mayor of the Chicago suburb of Frankfort says he...                    

Hundreds feared buried in rockslide

cnn.com     5 hrs ago   46 related          

At least eight boulders, estimated to weigh at least 70 tons, bury 50 homes Official: Locals say up to 500 people may be buried under rubble near Cairo In 1993, some 30 people were killed in another rockslide in the same...                    

7 Years On, Sept. 11 Is So Far And Yet So Close

wcbstv.com     8 hrs ago   15 related          

It is not a tidy anniversary this year. Seven years between that awful day and this Sept. 11, the terrorist attacks linger somewhere between the immediate, a conscious part of our days, and the comfortable remove of the...                    

China launch satellites into orbit

reuters.com     9 hrs ago   4 related          

Sept. 6 - China launches two satellites to monitor environment and natural disasters, as the country has been hit by devastat...                    

Eyewitness to fatal air crash: 'the wings broke off'

rgj.com     6 hrs ago   3 related          

Staff Report • September 6, 2008 Dick Jones, a crew member of a T6 Class plane out of Denver, witnessed this morning's fatal airplane crash at the Reno Stead Airport. "It looked like she was she was going to do a roll...                    

Motorcycle racer dies of crash injuries

upi.com     2 hrs ago   5 related          

Published: Sept. 6, 2008 at 7:38 PM SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Cliff Gullett was going 239 mph when he lost control of his motorcycle on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats, crashed and died, authorities said. He was 47....                    

Home explosion kills 2, blows neighbors' doors open

chicagotribune.com     9 hrs ago   1 related          

By Mary Owen | Tribune staff reporter An elderly couple in far southwest suburban Frankfort died early Saturday when their house violently exploded, officials said. The blast knocked neighbors out of bed and blew open...                    

Free State farmers hit hard by veld fires

sabcnews.com     9 hrs ago   3 related          

Farmers are counting the cost of the devastating veld fires that have raged across parts of the Free State in the part week. More than 50 000 hectares of grazing has been destroyed so far. Hundreds of livestock, mainly...                    

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