A severe ice storm swept across Iowa and eastern Nebraska this weekend, creating hazardous travel conditions and causing chaos across the region. The storm forced the temporary closure of Interstate 80 highway after cars and trucks started to slide off the icy roads.The icy conditions, which began Friday evening, have claimed at least one life…
Inside audiences’ love of disaster movies – CBS News Watch CBS News Natural and man-made disasters have always been a part of life – and they’ve become a very successful film genre. Michelle Miller recently went to a 50th anniversary screening of the acclaimed disaster film “The Towering Inferno” to try to find out why…
Jakarta — Rescue workers in western Indonesia used heavy equipment on Tuesday to dig out from weekend flooding and landslides that have killed at least 20 people, the national disaster agency said. In North Sumatra, the bodies of five people listed as missing had been pulled from under a mountain of mud and debris, agency spokesman…
Coast Guard rescues boat captain clinging to cooler in Gulf of Mexico – CBS News Watch CBS News A boat captain rode out Hurricane Milton overnight in the Gulf of Mexico before he was found clinging to a cooler about 30 miles offshore and rescued by helicopter. (Video provided by the U.S. Coast Guard) Be…
Mayor of Columbus, Georgia, discusses Helene aftermath – CBS News Watch CBS News Tropical Depression Helene is moving north through Georgia and the Carolinas. Flash flood warnings are in effect across the Peach State, with some areas potentially seeing up to eight inches of rain by Friday night. Skip Henderson, mayor of Columbus, Georgia, joins…
