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As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of ...
May, FEMA had 1,952 trained staffers ready to deploy to disasters; a year earlier, it had 6,588. Meanwhile, NOAA has lost about 20% of staff, including hundreds of National Weather Service employees.
FEMA’s future is still likely to be decided by Congress ultimately. Emergency experts outraged after learning of US plans to ...
WESH 2's Jason Guy and registered dietitian, Jennifer Beery, discuss wholesome emergency foods to keep store in storm supply ...
After devastating floods and a historic drought that brought dozens of wildfires to the state last year, officials say ...
Florida and federal officials announced the state will build a new immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Everglades, and because the facility will be partly funded by the ...
MODG emergency-management staff took part in a full-day provincial training session focused on community-evacuation scenarios. The session – hosted by Nova Scotia’s Department of Emergency Management ...
A major project is in the works to fix up the seawall, but in the meantime, residents worry about what could happen this ...
The City of Fort Myers has soft launched a new emergency management app. It will provide evacuation zone details, provide ...
What happens if hurricane hits hastily constructed Alligator Alcatraz to detain immigrants for Trump program? Could it withstand Ian, Helene, Milton?
“Know your zone and prepare your family because hurricane season is upon us,” said Thomas McNeal, the director of Emergency ...
HAMPTON — New England’s rainy spring and soggy Saturdays have dominated weather headlines in recent weeks, but Unitil is reminding customers not to forget about other potential hazards on the horizon ...