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Providers in St. Louis were awarded the money through the Missouri Department of Health’s Crisis Counseling Program, which has for decades been funded by FEMA to help build hope and resiliency in disaster survivors. -
When Typhoon Halong devastated Western Alaska last month, the hardest-hit communities were accessible only by air or water. That complicated response efforts and makes rebuilding a challenge.
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Officials are still debating whether operators should be allowed to reopen a well after an earthquake-triggered shutdown. -
FEMA Corps, a branch of the AmeriCorps program, held a food drive from its Durham office and is distributing food and other essentials like toiletries to the Salvation Army in Durham and the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.
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The guidelines are similar to those developed in Canada and Ohio for dealing with earthquakes linked to hydraulic fracturing.
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Obama signed the Water Infrastructure Improvements Act for the Nation into law last week.
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FEMA announced that the decision to suspend use of the substances through January had been made 'out of an abundance of caution.'
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The federal role in the long-term recovery has been neither fast nor nimble in Louisiana.
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The dispatchers relay about 30 calls a month from elderly people who have fallen in their houses and are alone or live with an elderly person who can’t help them get up.
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The new system is tied in with the National Weather Service’s polygon system, which only issues alerts for areas where a storm is actually tracking.
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Here's a list of suggestions for building and fire-proofing structures within an area prone to wildfires.
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'FEMA is an insurance claim on steroids. You better know what you don't know when dealing with FEMA.'
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Officials have estimated the fires caused around $500 million in damage in Tennessee.
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Free mobile apps also are available for cellphones and tablets that will send push alert messages through ContactBridge, which is available in the App Store and Google Play.
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A pair of earthquakes struck off Oregon’s central coast in late November, measuring magnitudes of 4.9 and 4.8 several miles below the Pacific Ocean were a reminder that The Big One will eventually strike.
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A of accountability, especially on the regulatory front, officials inside and outside government say, hampers efforts to prevent injuries and line-of-duty deaths.
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A rallying cry, inevitably, after each shooting is: 'It does not define us.' But maybe it does.
