It was a sleepless night for many in Niles after they were forced to evacuate their homes when it was discovered that a retaining wall west of the Pucker Street dam had been damaged by flood waters.
Dozens of Niles Townships residents were evacuated from their homes Monday night as the retaining wall of nearby dam threatened to break. Crews repaired the weakened wall with loads of concrete and rock.
Weekend storms damaged the steeple of a 155-year-old Catholic church in New Albany, where high winds pushed the steeple about 15 degrees out of alignment.
Evacuation orders for the Florida Keys have expired, but with Hurricane Ike over Cuba, authorities say now is not the time for residents to try to return.
There's no more hurricane watch for parts of northern Florida and Georgia. But a tropical storm warning has been extended, covering an area from Fort Pierce, Florida, to Georgia's coastal southeast.
Two summer storms blew through Michiana on Monday. iWitness Reporters from all over the area documented the weather and are sharing the photos and video on WNDU.com.
Severe storms battered Michiana Monday night, with many counties receiving tornado warning declarations. Although it appears significant property damage has been avoided, one LaPorte man died after heavy winds caused a tree to fall on his car.
Well over 100,000 customers in Michigan are still without power this morning, following ferocious thunderstorms that slammed through the Midwest over the past two days.
Tornadoes are nature's most violent storms, with wind speeds that can reach 300 miles per hour. If one hits, we all know to go to the basement. But what else should we do?
Lightning is a very dangerous phenomenon, but thanks to years of research we are more and more aware of the power of lightning, and what we need to do to protect ourselves from its potential destructive power.
Government forecasters say it might not take more than a strong Category 2 hurricane to breach the levees and flood New Orleans. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it's not surprised by that either.