Florida Counties Will Get FEMA Disaster Assistance
(TNS) - President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for Broward County on Friday, making federal money available for individuals affected by the flooding...
Rhode Island Adds Disaster Recovery Software to Its Toolbox
The Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA) just added to its disaster management toolbox in the form of Crisis Track disaster management software.The software will...
How to Avoid Post-Disaster Donation Scams
Sometimes it takes a disaster to bring out the good in people. You see it every time a disaster strikes, whether it’s flooding in Florida...
Pandemic Picture Blurs as Emergency Declaration Expires
(TNS) - Joel Wakefield isn’t just an armchair epidemiologist. His interest in tracking the spread of COVID-19 is personal.The 58-year-old lawyer who lives in Phoenix...
Floodwaters Threaten California City and Prison Complex
(TNS) - Just west of this normally dusty prison town, a civic nightmare is unfolding: Tulare Lake, a body of water that did not exist...
911 System Translates Spanish Audio to English in Real Time
Although Monica Sanchez, dispatcher at the Presidio County Sheriff’s Office in Marfa, Texas, speaks Spanish, she often has trouble understanding the local 911 callers, whose...
Heatwave Set to Bake Snowpack
(TNS) - After weeks of uncertainty, forecasters say an incoming California heat wave will trigger rapid snowmelt on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada and...
FEMA’s Flood Insurance Program Needs More Tweaking
(TNS) - In between near-constant pummeling by Republicans, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas revealed at a congressional hearing last week that a new...
Truck Crashes and Spills Hazardous Waste Shutting Down 1-80
(TNS) - A portion of Interstate 80 west in Luzerne County remained closed Friday following a three-vehicle wreck Thursday night, as authorities investigated and crews...
Who Should Get the COVID-19 Bivalent Booster?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) took a step this week toward simplifying COVID-19 recommendations and allowing older adults who may be at...