The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state collapsed Thursday evening, sending cars and people into the frigid water. Rescue crews were trying to free people from at least two vehicles, KING reported. The bridge collapsed shortly after 7 p.m. local time between Burlington and Mount Vernon, Wash., a rural area about two hours north of Seattle, according to the Skagit Valley Herald. The Washington State Patrol   Read More ...

A British Airways jetliner with 75 passengers on board was forced to return and make an emergency landing at Heathrow not long after it initially took off, closing runways and fueling speculation about what had caused the trouble. All the passengers were swiftly evacuated from the Airbus SAS A319, reported Bloomberg, which added that images of the plan showed smoke “streaming from the aircraft’s right-hand engine” as it descended over London.   Read More ...

A giant tornado, a mile wide or more, killed at least 91 people, 20 of them children, as it tore across parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon, flattening homes, flinging cars through the air and crushing at least two schools. The injured flooded into hospitals, and the authorities said many people remained trapped, even as rescue workers struggled to make their way through debris-clogged streets to the   Read More ...

A massive, mile-wide tornado touched down in Oklahoma on Monday, killing at least 91 people and injuring 120 as it tore through towns near Oklahoma City. The BBC, the Guardian and several other news outlets both put the feared toll at 91. Anderson Cooper 360 is now reporting that at least 20 of the 51 who have died are children. President Barack Obama had declared a major disaster in the   Read More ...

George Michael remained hospitalized on Friday, one day after he was injured during a car crash in England. The 49-year-old former star of Wham! was the only person injured when the Range Rover he was traveling in collided with another vehicle. Paramedics airlifted Michael to hospital with head injuries, but his representatives said he was recovering quickly, Sky News said. “George Michael was a passenger in a vehicle involved in   Read More ...

At least 60 people were injured when two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during the Friday rush hour. Shortly after 6 p.m., an eastbound Metro-North train derailed and hit a westbound train near Fairfield, throwing passengers around and shutting down service between Boston and New York City. At least 60 people were injured, though none of the injuries were life-threatening, Gov. Danel Malloy said in a   Read More ...

Mount Mayon, considered a perfect stratovolcano, has erupted 48 times in the last 400 years. The strongest eruption dates back to 1814 when 1,200 people were found to fiery end in lava. One of the most active volcanoes erupted Tuesday Tagalog Archipelago, throwing a huge column of ash into the sky, while locals and tourists were on its slopes, local authorities have indicated, according to which at least five people   Read More ...

A meteorite exploded over Japan on May 6 in the early hours of the morning. Images were captured by an amateur who then posted them on the Internet. A meteorite exploded in Japan, over Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. Celestial event took place in the early morning, exactly at 3.58 local time. The first images were captured by an eyewitness posted on the Internet, and then Sonotaco.jp blog on social networks.

Algeria, in particular the northern Mediterranean is frequently affected by earthquakes. Country on a plate tehtonică a large part of the Mediterranean. Seventeen people were injured in an earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale in the city of Mostaganem, western Algeria, Civil Protection announced Friday. AFP. The earthquake, which occurred on Thursday to 19.00 GMT (22.00 GMT), damaged buildings and caused panic among residents moving in regions close to   Read More ...

A civilian cargo plane crashed at Bagram Air Field north of Kabul in Afghanistan bursting into a huge ball of flames, killing all  seven people onboard. Disturbing footage has emerged showing an US-contracted cargo plane in Afghanistan plunging to the ground and bursting into a huge ball of flames Monday, killing all onboard. According to the international military coalition, seven American crew members were killed when a National Air Cargo   Read More ...