Destruction. U.S. Air Force and Navy jets attacked five targets inside Libya under a cover of darkness in April, delivering a response to what President Ronald Reagan called the "monstrous brutality'' of Libyanbacked terrorism. Among the targets is the Libyan Naval Academy, located in a suburb of Tripoli, the Libyan capital. - photo by AP/Wide World Photos. Student pilot? Because of the storm that hit Searcy in July, a private plane lies overturned in front of one of the buildings of the Searcy Airport. Trees all over Searcy were also uprooted due to the strong winds of the storm. - photo by Ron Turner. Hard times. A drought spreads throughout the southeast during 1986. It was the worst dry spell on record. At the peak of the drought, crops wilted from southern Pennsylvania all the way into northern Florida. Even after some rain, many fanners in the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Vi1ginia were on the brink of ruin. - photo by AP/Wide World Photos. Victims of the fumes. Deep under Lake Nios in northwestern Cameroon, a-rz African nation, the earth belched. A bubble of scalding gas rose to the surface and the wind carried it across the land. Within minutes, more than 1700 people were dead, burned by steam and choked by carbon dioxide and toxic gases. Among the casualties is a large herd of cattle. - photo by AP/Wide World Photos. Storm victim. The cross atop the Old Shepherd Lutheran Church lies crooked due to the storm that hit Searcy in July. The flagpole which stood near the brick path on the front lawn also had to be fixed because of the storm. - it was .completely blown over. - photo by Ron Turner. Newsflash 45
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