A water tower in Independence, Missouri, came crashing down on the front yard of a home during a botched demolition on January 28. According to local news reports, the 200-foot-tall water tower had ...

Poverty, job loss and high insurance costs have led to a lack of earthquake insurance in New Madrid, Missouri — a town with a ...

Frost quakes events occur when a rapid drop in air temperatures dramatically decreases the temperature of waterlogged soil, ...

As more moderate winter temperatures settle into the region, Gretchen Price explores the frozen surface of Lake Monona during ...

The peace that has followed the havoc makes the New Madrid Seismic Zone unique. The San Andreas Fault out West delivers ...

Frost quakes rarely cause damage but occur when underground water freezes and expands until pressure causes soil and rocks to ...

Frost quakes — loud booms from underground during freezing temperatures — might be alarming to hear, but meteorologists say ...