The United States, as it did during World War I, held back as England, France and other nations declared war on Hitler. But after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. declared war on both Japan and Germany, and joined the Allies in the heroic beach invasion at Normandy, in...
Trump, in His Inaugural Address, Rips Into the Country's Past Leaders and Makes Sweeping Promises President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address sounded like his first, with a sweeping indictment of the country he inherits and grand promises to fix its problems ...
The PG&E is one of the largest combined natural gas and electric energy companies in the United States. The utility giant filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year because of the extensive losses from Camp fire and other fires. The company was sued by some local residents and major insu...
The Great Montana Fires of 2000 In the summer of 2000, over 2000 fires took place destroying almost 1 million acres. One of the hardest hit areas was located in the Bitter Root Valley. 25 Mind-Blowing Photos of Devastating Flooding in Montana 20 Mind-Blowing Photos of Devastating Flooding in...
Joseph Manning, a professor of classics and history at Yale University, says that in today’s world, the after-effects of volcanoes are much more dangerous than the direct impact. Because of technological advances, we’re able to more accurately predict when volcanic eruptions will occur in time...
As for the cause of the fires that strike Portugal every summer, Neves did not hesitate to point a finger at "eucalyptus fever". Eucalyptus wood is the raw material the paper industry mainly uses and it has become the most common tree in the country—but it is also particularly flammable....
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Samantha Juray gets emotional when recalling the events of Oct. 25, when thegunmankilled eight people at the bowling alley before driving to a nearby bar and pool hall where he killed 10 more during the deadliest shooting in the state's history. He laterdied by suicide. ...
So there was a doctor from Chicago that had been in the plane and he was down below and he said, ‘Jump, I’ll catch you.’” As she looked around, Feathers said, “I could tell that there was a lot of these little fires that were getting bigger, so I kept running. And it ...
The earthquake lasted roughly five minutes and hundreds of homes collapsed, igniting numerous fires across the city that rapidly spread out of control. The high winds fanned the flames, which soon morphed into a firestorm, engulfing the entire Tokyo metro area. There was nowhere for anybody to ...