Posts Tagged Property damage

Some lost everything to North Texas tornado

Texas Governor Rick Perry, left, tours the storm-damaged Rancho Brazos Estates subdivision near Granbury, Texas, on Friday May 17, 2013. On Wednesday, powerful storms produced 16 tornadoes in the area that left six dead. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Max Faulkner)  MAGS OUT; (FORT WORTH WEEKLY, 360 WEST); INTERNET OUT

GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said Friday.

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At least 6 confirmed dead in Texas tornado

GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — In a story May 16 about tornadoes that swept through North Texas, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the executive director for Trinity Habitat for Humanity in Fort Worth. He is Gage Yager, not Yeager.

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NW Wisconsin wildfire consumes 8,700 acres

A structure burns along Sutfin Road east of Comminsky Road in Highland Township, Wis., east of Solon Springs, Wis.,  late Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Crews from Wisconsin and Minnesota were trying to control a rapidly growing wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin that forced evacuations of the sparsely populated area.  Several structures were destroyed in a mostly rural and wooded area east of Solon Springs as the forest fire grew to 9 square miles, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said. No injuries had been reported.  (AP Photo/The Duluth News-Tribune, Clint Austin)

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether logging operations may have sparked a massive wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin that destroyed dozens of buildings and forced at least 60 people from their homes, state officials said Wednesday.

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Prince Harry arrives in NYC after NJ shore tour

Britain's Prince Harry, center right, shakes hands with a resident while standing next to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, center, during a visit to the area hit by Superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in Seaside Heights, N.J.  Prince Harry began a tour  of New Jersey’s storm-damaged coastline, inspecting dune construction, walking past destroyed homes and shaking hands with police and other emergency workers.  New Jersey sustained about $37 billion worth of damage from the storm. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, Pool)

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — Britain’s Prince Harry toured two New Jersey shore communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy, shaking hands with emergency personnel and construction workers before spending Tuesday afternoon in New York City at events promoting tourism, entrepreneurism and philanthropy. He even got a chance to play a little baseball.

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