Battered Oklahoma tornado survivors unite to rebuild
The survivors of Monday's devastating tornado are pulling together to rebuild their homes.
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Tonight: Tornadoes - Deadly Force
Tonight visits Oklahoma as it begins to rebuild after Monday's devastating tornado to find out what causes the deadly storms.
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Battered Oklahoma tornado survivors unite to rebuild
The survivors of Monday's devastating tornado are pulling together to rebuild their homes.
Read the full storyScuba-divers and hovercrafts at bridge collapse scene
Emergency service workers were using hovercrafts and motorboats to inspect the scene of the bridge collapse in Washington as the sun came up today.
Scuba-divers and a helicopter were also taking part in the operation.
Three people were removed from the water with injuries following the incident but no-one was killed, according to the Seattle Times.
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Report: Seattle bridge collapsed when truck hit beam
A four-lane bridge in the US state of Washington collapsed because a truck with an "oversized load" hit a steel beam above the lane, the Washington Times reports citing a police sergeant.
The newspaper reports that the bridge was classified as being “fracture critical” by the National Bridge Inventory, meaning that it was vulnerable to collapse if any part of the structure was damaged.
The global war on terror is dead
Obama last night decided America's longest-ever conflict had to be re-defined. So the White House offered the world's bad guys a new deal.
Read the full storyWitness 'looked in mirror and bridge wasn't there'
A man told the local Skagit Valley Herald newspaper he felt a vibration and looked in his rear view mirror to see that the part of bridge he had just crossed was no longer behind him. "I thought something was wrong with my car at first," he said.
Kari Ranten, a spokeswoman for Skagit Valley Hospital, said two people who were injured in the collapse were on their way to the hospital for medical care and that another person was being taken to a different area hospital.
No deaths after US bridge collapse
Washington state authorities have told the Associated Press that there have been no deaths as in the collapse of a highway bridge north of Seattle.
The major highway bridge linking Seattle with Canada and the rest of the Pacific Northwest region had collapsed dumping at least a handful of vehicles and people into a river.
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Cars in water after bridge collapse
'Moderate' 5.7 magnitude quake in California
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck in Northern California, epicenter of the quake was located 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the town of Canyondam according to the US Geological Survey.
Initial reports had said the quake was magnitude 5.9.
A 5.7 magnitude quake is considered moderate, but has the potential to cause considerable damage.
5.9 earthquake hits California
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake has struck near Canyondam in northern California according to the US Geological Society.
People and cars in river after bridge collapse in US
Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state collapsed sending vehicles and people into the water.
The collapse on Interstate 5 which removed both the northbound and southbound sides occurred at about 7pm local time in Mount Vernon, 55 miles (90 km) north of Seattle, Washington State Patrol spokesman Trooper Mark Francis said.
"I've got reports of vehicles and people in the water," Trooper Francis said. He added that he did not know if anyone was injured.
The cause of the collapse was not immediately known.
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