An early morning explosion and fire at a home in Dixon, Illinois seriously injured one person and forced the evacuation of an entire neighborhood on Monday.
An explosion and fire at an automotive supply company in southeast Louisiana forced nearby residents and an elementary school to evacuate.
A large plume of smoke could be seen following the explosion at a business in Roseland, Louisiana.
The man charged in a nine-hour-long standoff at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse last month has been granted his release from custody.
Erin, a sprawling high-end Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds just shy of Category 3 status, is not forecast to make landfall but will impact much of the East Coast with dangerous coastal conditions as it tracks north, nearly paralleling the coast.
Some Aurora residents are still displaced, after bricks fell off their apartment building this weekend.