Disasters

Driver will be charged in Joppa train accident

2011-11-17 10:57:00

The truck driver involved in the train accident last week will be charged in connection with the incident, police officials say. Last Friday morning, James Lloyd McDaniel, driving a flatbed truck, crossed the CSX tracks on Joppa Road and hit a train....

Make moves now to lower next year's tax bill

2011-11-20 00:00:00

Year-end tax planning these next several weeks will be refreshingly straightforward for a change. The past few years have been fraught with so much uncertainty about income tax rates, estate taxes and expiring deductions that planning wasn't easy. A year...

Md. Guard Special Forces jumping from new planes

2011-11-18 20:32:00

The buzz of propellers drifted down over the airfield at Aberdeen Proving Ground as the stubby gray plane came into view. The loadmaster from the Maryland Air National Guard crew dropped the rear hatch open. One by one, six soldiers filed out of the...

Remembering the helping hands of stormy 2011

2011-11-20 04:22:09

Thanksgiving week is a time to remember the gratitude we had for the people that helped see us through this year’s storms and natural disasters: Snow in January; winds in February; heavy rains of March; tornadoes in April and May;......

Could fracking for natural gas be the cause of Tuesday's earthquake?

2011-08-28 12:30:00

If you compare a map of this country's fracking sites with one of U.S. nuclear power plants, you will see that on both maps the area from the Great Lakes to the East Coast is the area of greatest concentration for both, and they overlap. If you then...

Residents receive Hurricane Heroes citations from County Executive John Leopold

2011-09-22 13:40:00

On Thursday, Sept. 1, in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold handed out executive citations honoring citizen volunteers as Hurricane Heroes for their outstanding efforts during and after the wrath of Hurricane Irene. Some of our...

Flash Flood Warning for Baltimore & vicinity

2011-09-23 16:22:16

A band of torrential rain has reached Baltimore and it's surrounding counties, with rainfall amounts of more than 4 inches an hour at times. The heaviest rain should be brief, but will cause urban flooding. The National Weather Service has issued a......

In for another soaking

2011-09-23 16:22:16

Looks like Central Maryland will be in the chute again as stalled weather systems to our east and west conspire to channel a few more days of tropical moisture, showers, rain and thunderstorms this way.With nearly 20 inches of rain......

Will BGE remember the lessons of Irene?

2011-09-26 03:00:00

One reason people choose to live in Maryland is the absence of the kinds of natural catastrophes that plague so many other locales. Here, we have little to fear from Japanese-style tsunamis, Midwest-style tornadoes or (the recent tremor notwithstanding)...

Side Street Café in Cockeysville vows to reopen after floods

2011-09-16 11:09:00

A week after flash floods sprung up all across Baltimore County, the lunch crowd on York Road was still pulling fruitlessly into the parking lot in front of Side Street Cafe. But instead of a hefty serving of the familiar — including a greeting...

Hurricanes or typhoons, they're all bad news.

2011-09-25 04:22:12

FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:A colleague asks: “Are there any differences between hurricanes and typhoons as far as damage, stamina? Meteorologically, they’re all tropical cyclones. They’re called “hurricanes” in the...

Do the worst hurricanes bear female names?

2011-09-17 04:22:12

FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:Katrina, Hazel, Camille … all terrible hurricanes, and all female names. Someone asked me whether most of the worst storms had female names. It’s not a fair question, really, since ALL hurricanes bore female...

A woman plants a cross on the lawn in front of congress in Brasilia. Relatives of victims of recent floods and landslides in Brazil planted about 5,000 crosses to protest Brazil's public policies regarding help for victims of natural disasters. They demanded the government implement prevention

2011-11-24 00:00:00

Railway police and officials collect accident details from villagers, next to the derailed coaches of a passenger train at the site of an accident in Sadura, 65 km (40 miles) south of Srinagar, India.

2011-11-23 00:00:00

People affected by floods wait for aid to be delivered at a relief centre near their flooded homes in Bangkok on Sunday.

2011-11-13 00:00:00