VIDEO/PHOTOS: Emergency crews in southeast Texas were clearing debris and assessing flooding early Friday after powerful storms tore through the state, killing at least four people and knocking out power to some 800,000 customers. The winds — which reached 100 mph and included some tornadoes — were reminiscent of 2008's Hurricane Ike, one of the costliest natural disasters in American history, Houston Mayor John Whitmire told a briefing Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Emergency crews in southeast Texas were clearing debris and assessing flooding early Friday after powerful storms tore through the state, killing at least four people and knocking out power to nearly 800,000 customers. The winds — which reached 100 mph — were reminiscent of 2008's Hurricane Ike, one of the costliest natural disasters in American history, Houston Mayor John Whitmire said in a briefing Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

VIDEO/PHOTO: Crews are investigating after an abandoned house in Kent caught on fire early Friday morning. Puget Sound Fire (PSF) first reported the fire, which happened near the corner of SE Kent-Kangley Rd. and 116th Ave. SE, at around 3:40 a.m. When firefighters arrived, they found a fully involved fire at a house that had been boarded up.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

VIDEO/PHOTO: State assistance is being mobilized for a fire across the Columbia River from The Dalles, near the town of Dallesport in Klickitat County. Washington State Patrol (WSP) said Thursday evening that the Tidyman Road Fire had reached an estimated 20 acres. The fire started around 2:45 p.m. and was burning at a lumber mill and in the wildland-urban interface area, WSP said.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGW-TV NBC 8 Portland

We now have a first-person dramatic look at the Clark Memorial Bridge crash that left a semi-truck driver hanging over the Ohio River on March 1. Video from inside and outside the truck's cab was played in court Wednesday morning as the man charged in the crash appeared in court. The dashcam video shows 33-year-old Trevor Branham's pickup truck swerving out of his lane to avoid hitting an electric vehicle that stalled on the bridge.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHAS-TV ABC 11 Louisville