Why Haiti Is Prone to Deadly Earthquakes August 19, 2021 By Ben Finley Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed...
Lawsuit Claims EPA Has Failed to Enforce Chesapeake Bay Pollution Caps September 16, 2020 By Ben Finley The Environmental Protection Agency has failed to ensure that Pennsylvania and New York are doing enough to reduce pollution that...
North Carolina’s Outer Banks Island Ravaged by Storms, Virus Restrictions July 17, 2020 By Ben Finley When Hurricane Dorian pounded the wisp of earth that is Ocracoke Island, a wall of Atlantic seawater flooded Bob Chestnut’s...
Residents of North Carolina’s Outer Banks Take Stock of Dorian’s Damage September 9, 2019 By Ben Finley Skies cleared and floodwaters receded Saturday from North Carolina’s Outer Banks, leaving behind a muddy trail of destruction wrought by...
Investor’s World-Famous Porsche Collection Damaged in N.C. Gas Explosion April 16, 2019 By Ben Finley and Jonathan Drew The gas explosion that killed one person and injured 25 others in North Carolina also damaged a building that houses...
NTSB Says Impaired Truck Driver Likely Cause of GOP Train Crash in Virginia March 25, 2019 By Ben Finley A trash truck driver who had marijuana in his system likely caused a fatal collision last year with an Amtrak...
Police Say Pilot’s Body Found, Raising Virginia Helicopter Crash Toll to Two July 12, 2018 By Ben Finley An official from the National Transportation Safety Board says emergency responders have recovered the body of the pilot of a...
North Carolina’s Outer Banks Reopened as Maria Heads Out to Sea September 29, 2017 By Ben Finley Maria was finally racing east over the Atlantic on Thursday, giving the United States a rest from the constant threat...
Icy Cold Creates Problems Across the South January 9, 2017 By Ben Finley and Jonathan Drew Snow and sleet pounded a large swath of the U.S. East Coast on Saturday, coating roads with ice and causing...
Fear of Flooding on the Rise Along Virginia’s Coast November 28, 2016 By Ben Finley When floodwaters poured into Holly Furlong’s Virginia Beach home in October, she ripped out electrical cords and rushed her four...