natural disaster

Colleen Karsnick and Alaittin Pasa lived in southern Turkey when earthquakes hit the region in February. Now in Michigan, the couple shares an update on relief efforts.

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration has given western Upper Peninsula counties a grant to rebuild flood-damaged…

Record rainfall devastated large parts of Houghton County earlier this month. Flash flooding killed a 12-year-old boy when the basement of his house…

First came Hurricane Irma, smashing through the Caribbean last Sept. 6. Ten days later, there was even more devastation from Hurricane Maria. Lives were…

It has been four months since Hurricanes Irma and then Maria slammed into Puerto Rico. The death toll and damage to the island is unprecedented: Power…

Severe weather is slamming parts of western Michigan as storms move east across the state.National Weather Service meteorologist T.J. Turnage says…

Michigan is one of only two states (the other being Iowa) that does not meet any of the minimum standards for disaster planning for schools and child care…

Chrysler waves the white flagChrysler is now agreeing to recall some 2.7 million older model Jeeps. At first, Chrysler refused to recall the cars and the…

President Obama has approved a disaster declaration for 16 Michigan counties hard hit by spring floods. Heavy rains in April and May inundated communities…

Ballot hearings todayThe state Supreme Court will hold a hearing Thursday on whether four proposals should appear on the statewide November ballot. The…