Disaster_Accident
Latest Stories

APTOPIX Mideast Iran _Lea.jpg
On Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, an Iranian woman grieves for loved ones who were killed in Saturday's earthquake in the village of Bajebaj in northwestern Iran. (AP Photo/ISNA, Arash Khamoushi)

Spain Wildfires_Live.jpg
A wildfire advances Aug. 12, 2012, on the residential area in the evacuated Village of Valle Hermoso in La Gomera, Spain. Wildfires spurred by high temperatures raged across Spain's Canary Islands of La Gomera and Alicante. (Associated Press)

20120812-164444-pic-440607452.jpg
associated press Jamaica’s Usain Bolt finished 6 for 6 in Olympic finals, with victories in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400-meter relay in each the London and Beijing Games. In the process, he became the first to win the 200 meters twice.

Mideast Strait of Hor_Lea.jpg
The USS Porter, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer, was damaged in a collision with a Japanese-owned oil tanker just outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. The collision left a gaping hole in the starboard side of the Porter, but no one was injured on either vessel, the Navy said. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Jonathan Sunderman)

IRAN.jpg
Residents spend the night outside their homes after an earthquake in Varzaqan, Iran, on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Ali Hamed Haghdoust)

PGA Championship Golf_Hasc (3).jpg
Storm clouds are seem behind the score board after play was halted for weather during the third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course of the Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, S.C., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Drought Crop Estimate_Live.jpg
This photo from Aug. 1, 2012, shows a drought damaged ear of corn in a Westfield, Ind., cornfield. U.S. corn growers could have their worst crop in a generation as the harshest drought in decades takes its toll, the government reported Aug. 10, 2012, as it forecast the lowest average yield in 17 years. (Associated Press)

Philippines Floods_Live.jpg
Luzviminda Limas (left) checks her house after floods recede in suburban Marikina city, east of Manila, Philippines on Aug. 10, 2012. (Associated Press)