AP - Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South, killing at least 22 people in three states and leaving behind a trail of destruction and stories of loss.
Reuters - Tornadoes killed at least 21 people and
injured hundreds as they ripped through the central and
southeastern United States over the weekend, destroying homes,
overturning cars and downing trees and power lines.
AP - Thunderstorms and heavy rain were forecast Sunday for the Upper Mississippi Valley and Ohio Valley as strong low pressure systems move through the region.
AP - Gov. Mike Easley toured tornado damage Saturday in three North Carolina counties and said in addition to one fatality that eight people were injured and scores of homes were damaged.
AP - President Bush declared a northern Maine county a federal disaster on Friday after historic flooding that destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes this month.
AP - A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk.
AP - Experts picked through debris and damage Thursday to determine whether tornadoes touched down after severe storms moved through the state, toppling trees and knocking out power to thousands of people.
AFP - Rescue crews searched through rubble for survivors after tornadoes tore across the United States at the weekend, killing at least 22 people and shattering homes and businesses, officials said.
AP - The Senate on Wednesday rejected a bid by Gulf state senators to add wind coverage to a financially strapped federal program that provides flood insurance.
AP - Lingering fears about formaldehyde fumes inside federally issued trailers and the impending hurricane season have Mayor Ray Nagin pushing to empty thousands of the structures, intended as temporary housing after Katrina.
AP - Just before the tornado sirens sounded, school superintendent Floyd Marshall got the warning from police ? a twister was coming right for the town's elementary and high school.
The Christian Science Monitor - In a rapidly escalating death toll, a cyclone that ripped through Burma (Myanmar) on Saturday killed nearly 4,000 people, not 351 as originally announced, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in Asia since the tsunami of 2004, authorities said on Monday.
AP - The Army Corps of Engineers can be held liable for flood damage caused by a "hurricane highway," a navigation channel that is believed to have funneled Hurricane Katrina's storm surge into the city, a federal judge ruled Friday.
AP - The rain-swollen St. John River crested early Thursday after hitting a record high, forcing residents to flee to higher ground as more than 100 homes flooded.
Reuters - A river swollen by heavy rain and
melting snow overflowed its banks along the U.S.-Canadian
border, forcing hundreds of people to flee homes and businesses
in Fort Kent, Maine, and closing two border crossings.
AP - On the eve of Hurricane Katrina, massive pumps that keep water out of this New Orleans suburb went silent when the roughly 100 workers who run them were allowed to flee under a "doomsday" evacuation plan.
Reuters - Three tornadoes swept through
central and southeastern Virginia on Monday, injuring about 200
people and damaging dozens of homes and businesses, officials
said.
