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New sonar images released by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have captured the sunken remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The agency’s Baltimore District says the photos, provided by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command Supervisor of Salvage and Diving, show “bridge wreckage in the deepest part of the federal shipping channel in and out …

With more frequent natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes and floods, it’s important to be prepared for anything, especially if you live in one of the most affected states. There are a few key items everyone should have to ensure they’re prepared in the event of a disaster. We’ve rounded up everything from first aid kits to waterproof bags to emergency …

Rescuers continued the search Friday for dozens of people still missing after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan, killed at least 12 people and injured more than 1,000. The quake struck the sparsely populated, largely rural eastern county of Hualien, stranding hundreds in a national park as boulders barreled down mountains, cutting off roads. The death toll rose after searchers …

A fire in a tailoring shop on Wednesday killed seven people, including two children, in the Indian city of Aurangabad, police said. The blaze created panic in part of the business district of the city in Maharashtra state. Authorities suspect that the deaths occurred due to smoke inhalation, the New Delhi Television cited city police chief Manoj Lohiya as saying. …

The 8-year-old lone survivor of a bus crash that killed at least 45 people in South Africa before Easter weekend will be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday, health officials said. Atlang Siako is expected to travel to her home in neighboring Botswana, from where the bus was traveling last Thursday on its way to an annual Easter pilgrimage that …

A bakery worker who was one of the last people to have crossed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore before its collapse last week is telling his story, saying in recent interviews he is “really lucky” not to have been a victim of the disaster. Larry Desantis told ABC News he believes he crossed the bridge early Tuesday between …

Strong winds in southern Poland on Monday toppled trees that killed three adults and two children, emergency responders said. A spokesperson for the region’s firefighters, Hubert Cieply, said two women and a 6-year-old were crushed to death in the town of Rabka-Zdrój. Separately, a woman died when a tree fell on her car in the town of Zakopane at the …

Video captured the moment last weekend when a woman casually shopping in a Chinese department store disappeared as a possible sinkhole swallowed a portion of the floor. A construction worker on the first floor of a shopping mall in the city of Zhenjiang in Jiangsu, China, told local outlets a sinkhole opened up, trapping him and causing the floor above …

A powerful floating crane that played a role in what the CIA says was one of the “greatest intelligence coups of the Cold War” has arrived at the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse site in Baltimore to start removing debris. The Chesapeake 1000, which Unified Command tells Fox News Digital can “carry up to 1,000 tons,” arrived late last night …

The collapse of theFrancis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimoreon Tuesday has raised serious questions about what safety or protective mechanisms might have prevented the disaster and the loss of six lives. It is still unclear what caused a massive 985-foot long cargo vessel to apparently lose control and strike a pier, also known as a pylon, a critical part of …