Staff / TruthdigAug 29, 2011
While New York City escaped the worst of Tropical Storm Irene, much of Vermont did not. The state saw bridges washed away, roads battered and power lines downed in the midst of what officials say is the worst flooding in more than 80 years. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 29, 2011
Texas is suffering through one of the worst droughts in the state's history, and things have gotten so bad that news of a tropical storm -- that thing just below a hurricane on the bad-weather scale -- is being greeted with cautious optimism. Texas Gov. Rick Perry named three days in April "Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas." (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 11, 2010
During his comfortable sit-down with Matt Lauer on Wednesday's "Today" show, former President George W. Bush was visited by the pre-taped image of a contrite Kanye West, who was all ready to make nice after his Bush-is-a-racist claim of yesteryear. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigAug 31, 2010
As Labor Day weekend draws near, for Americans on the East Coast so does a Category 4 hurricane by the folksy name of Earl. Good people of North Carolina, you're on notice. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 27, 2010
A shocking spate of killings in the wake of Hurricane Katrina still haunts New Orleans and shakes the locals' sense of security, owing to the fact that the five people who died within the span of one week were civilians, four were unarmed (continued)
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Staff / TruthdigJun 1, 2010
It's already the worst ecological disaster in U.S. history, and the oil spill continues to dump somewhere between 504,000 and 4.2 million gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico. BP will continue to try to plug that hole, but its best chance to succeed is the drilling of relief wells, a process that won't be finished until at least August. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 27, 2010
What happens when you mix a massive oil spill with a hurricane? When Obama finally decides to negotiate with the Taliban, what will he ask for? And how did Jane Austen become such a big celebrity? Answers to these and other vexing questions after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 3, 2010
Ever at the ready to undermine the authority of our socialist president, the GOP's biggest and baddest yammerer, Rush Limbaugh, and some of his like-minded friends jumped on the opportunity to repurpose the Gulf Coast oil spill, rhetorically transforming the eco-corporate disaster (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 13, 2010
A major magnitude 7.0 earthquake and two big aftershocks slammed Haiti on Tuesday, causing widespread damage in and around the Caribbean nation's capital city of Port-au-Prince. As details emerged that evening about casualties and damages, Haiti's ambassador to the United States called the quake "a catastrophe of major proportions." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigSep 1, 2009
Los Angeles seemed like a good idea at the time. So did New Orleans. Will we ever learn? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 14, 2008
By Saturday afternoon, Hurricane Ike had been downgraded to a tropical storm, but not before unleashing its full force on Galveston and Houston, Texas, along with coastal Louisiana. Both states were dealing with widespread power outages in Ike's wake, and the extent of the damage couldn't be fully assessed until flooding subsided and debris was cleared. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 5, 2008
With the mainstream news largely riveted on the U.S. election campaign and convention mania, little attention has been paid to the aftermath of the series of storms that rocked the Caribbean this past month. Flooding in Haiti has put 600,000 people at serious risk as hunger and disease rise in what Haitian President Rene Preval calls a "catastrophe." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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