Tag Archives: Disasters / Accidents

Boeing Co. licensed in letters 8.12% it planned to strengthen protective engine covers on its 777 jets months before a couple of recent serious failures, including one near Denver last weekend, according …

The severe winter storm that hit Texas and other states last week has been blamed for dozens of deaths, though authorities said it would be weeks or months before the human cost …

U.S. aviation safety regulators were considering whether to require further inspections of certain Pratt & Whitney engines before one of a United Airlines Holdings Inc. flight broke over a city near Denver …

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service extended the tax payment and filing deadline from April 15 to June 15 for all Texas residents and businesses, citing damage from recent winter storms and …

By Linda So, Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – Elected officials in Texas say the state should help pay for some of the mind-boggling electric bills sent to residents after the devastating and deadly …

HOUSTON – When Henry Nguyen reopened his barber shop in southwest Houston, half a dozen neighbors rushed in, not to cut their hair, but to wash their hair. They had spent days …

President Biden said Friday that he would accelerate federal aid to Texas after a winter storm triggered a power and utility crisis that has left people lining the streets looking for ways …

A new winter storm hit much of the US with snow, freezing rain and extreme temperatures Thursday, while hundreds of thousands of Americans were without power and millions of Texans were under …

A gigantic natural gas shortage is hampering recovery from the devastating cold snap that left millions of people without power in the nation’s midsection. Natural gas production in the US has fallen …

Millions of Texans were without power Wednesday morning, although temperatures rose above freezing in half the state, a possible sign that the state’s power grid could make significant progress in restoring service. …