2 dead, 15 injured after circus tent collapses in New Hampshire
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A severe storm in New Hampshire Monday night caused a circus tent to collapse, killing two and leaving about 15 people injured.
New Hampshire State Police said that initially 250 people were trapped at the Lancaster Fairgrounds, and Gov. Maggie Hassan activated the state's emergency operations center, USA Today reports. Severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued across New England by the National Weather Service.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
