Natural disasters

Local News

416 Fire inspires new Red Cross volunteer

arrival to Southwest Colorado aids Hurricane Florence relief effort

October 1, 2018

Local News

Drier weekend expected after Friday flood scare

rain fell west of 416 Fire burn scar

July 27, 2018

Local News

Rains keep fire small east of Pagosa Springs

416 Fire remains tame

July 24, 2018

Local News

Efforts to contain 416 Fire move to the northeast

burnouts along south perimeter allow shift of resources

July 2, 2018

Local News

Wind sends ash, smoke from Burro Fire to Telluride

Burnouts contribute to 416 Fire growth

June 28, 2018

Local News

State documenting financial losses from 416 Fire

aims to unlock federal aid for small businesses

June 28, 2018

Local News

Firefighter city emerges in the Rockies to battle the Burro Fire

About 6 a.m. Monday, more than 100 firefighters emerge from a field of pup tents to gather at a mess…

June 20, 2018

Local News

Firefighters use burnouts to outsmart 416 Fire

grows to 22,130 acres; more homes on pre-evacuation; public lands to close

June 11, 2018

Local News

Burro Fire grows to 1,400 acres; forest closing to recreation

The main fire is burning in steep spruce-fir timber 5 miles up the Bear Creek trail on the south side…

June 11, 2018

Nation & World

Trump voters in storm-ravaged county confront climate change

He had piled the ruined pews out on the curb, next to water-logged hymnals and molding Sunday school lesson plans…

October 16, 2017

Nation & World

FEMA chief: Political disputes hurting Puerto Rico relief

FEMA Administrator Brock Long briefs reporters at the National Response Coordination Center in FEMA Headquarters on Monday in Washington.Luis Alonso…

October 9, 2017

Local News

Ska Brewing party raises money for hurricane relief

Brewery donated $18,000 to three charities

September 21, 2017

Nation & World

Cat 5 Hurricane Maria threatens storm-battered Caribbean

The storm’s eye was expected to pass near Dominica during the night and then on Tuesday brush past many of…

September 18, 2017

Nation & World

‘Pray for everybody’: Irma begins its assault on Florida

The nearly 400-mile-wide storm blew ashore in the morning in the mostly cleared-out Florida Keys and was expected to make…

September 10, 2017

Business

Houston’s businesses inching back to work as waters recede

In 2008, Hurricane Ike tore the roof off his business, Three Brothers Bakery. Now, he estimates, he’s facing $1 million…

September 8, 2017

Nation & World

Relief comes slowly for coastal towns recovering from Harvey

Locals in Port Aransas, Seadrift and Sargent awoke on Aug. 25 expecting a hurricane along the lines of Bret and…

September 4, 2017

Business

Billionaire Warren Buffett says hurricane damage will linger

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett speaks during an interview with Liz Claman of the Fox Business Network May…

September 1, 2017

Business

Flood insurance policies plunged before Harvey

The sharp, 9 percent drop in coverage means many residents fleeing Harvey’s floodwaters have no financial backup to fix up…

September 1, 2017

Local News

National Center for Disaster Fraud gives tips to avoid fraud

out for fake donation drives

August 30, 2017

Nation & World

More chaos in Houston as floodwaters rise to roof lines

The nation’s fourth-largest city was still largely paralyzed, and there was no relief in sight from the storm that spun…

August 28, 2017

Nation & World

Rescuers pluck hundreds from rising floodwaters in Houston

The incessant rain covered much of Houston in turbid, gray-green water and turned streets into rivers navigable only by boat.…

August 27, 2017

Nation & World

Hospital officials: Nearly 500 dead in Sierra Leone mudslides

More than 600 people remain missing and rescue officials have warned that the chances of finding survivors are decreasing each…

August 20, 2017

Local News

Bayfield man to help with disaster relief in Tennessee

struck by deadly wildfires, tornadoes

December 2, 2016

Nation & World

Ferocious cyclone strikes Pacific island nation of Fiji

People are splashed by a wave whipped up by the encroaching cyclone Winston in Labasa, Fiji, on Saturday. The Pacific…

February 20, 2016