Locals are ready to help with Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts, if needed. The American Red Cross has moved volunteers and Emergency Response Vehicles in Shreveport, Monroe and Alexandria up to "alert status."
Much of eastern United States is getting ready for the arrival of Hurricane Irene. More than 50 million people live in the projected path of the Category 2 storm, which is expected to make landfall along North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Friday.
Thousands of people were evacuating buildings across the Washington, D.C., area on Tuesday after a moderate earthquake miles away in Virginia that was also felt in New York City and as far south as Chapel Hill, N.C.