Environment
Latest Stories
f8a2cec0fcad950b4f0f6a706700fef0.jpg
A searcher stands on a huge pile of debris, including the remains of homes and other structures, at the scene of a deadly mudslide, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, in Oso, Wash. The debris field is about a square mile and 30 to 40 feet deep in places, with a moon-like surface that includes quicksand-like muck, rain-slickened mud and ice. The terrain is difficult to navigate on foot and makes it treacherous or impossible to bring in heavy equipment. (AP Photo/Rick Wilking, Pool)
410a6cdffcad950b4f0f6a7067009c81.jpg
Searchers walk carefully among debris at the scene of a deadly mudslide, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, in Oso, Wash. The debris field is about a square mile and 30 to 40 feet deep in places, with a moon-like surface that includes quicksand-like muck, rain-slickened mud and ice. The terrain is difficult to navigate on foot and makes it treacherous or impossible to bring in heavy equipment. (AP Photo/Rick Wilking, Pool)
4f4f4f14fcf6960b4f0f6a706700b8ef.jpg
A barge anchored over winter, waits for the ice to melt on the Mississippi River near Winona, Minn., on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. The shipping season has been delayed because of thicker than normal ice. (AP Photo / Rochester Post-Bulletin, Joe Michaud-Scorza)
d4f6750dfcf9960b4f0f6a706700ba1e.jpg
Patches of open water on the Mississippi River near Winona, Minn. can be seenon Wednesday, March 26, 2014, the shipping season has been delayed because of thicker than normal ice. The locks and dams are ready for that first tow but nothing's going to happen until the cold relaxes and the ice melts. (AP Photo/ Rochester Post-Bulletin, Joe Michaud-Scorza)
be94e5fffcfb960b4f0f6a70670050d8.jpg
A Great Blue Heron flys over open water on the Mississippi River near Winona, Minn., on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. The shipping season has been delayed because of thicker than normal ice on the river. (AP Rochester Post-Bulletin, Joe Michaud-Scorza)
8df4def4d783770b4f0f6a706700f9bc.jpg
Emergency workers attend a meeting with Russian Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Puchkov in Simferopol, Crimea, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Puchkov met with local emergency officials in Simferopol and said that Russia sent diesel generators to Crimea to serve as a back-up in case of power outages. Crimea faced power cutoffs after Ukraine briefly cut energy supplies to the region. (AP Photo/Maxim Vetrov)
