Recovery

Week after week, storm after storm, the state was walloped by tornadoes, floods, high winds and torrential rains.

In South Carolina, Hurricane Matthew initially left more than 800,000 people without power, closed nearly 500 roads and bridges, caused nearly two dozen dams to breach, sent more than 6,000 people to shelters and claimed at least five lives.

"Without Warning: Tsunami" represents ongoing emergency management responses to the state’s position in the Cascadia Subduction Zone.

Getting a response — right from the top of the ARC.

This is a great job with much responsibility.

The debate has already begun on who the next FEMA administrator might be.

Although signs and barricades were set up, a lot of motorists disregarded them and tried to cross over running water or breaches.

Senior Vice President Harvey Johnson discusses the mission and the criticism.

(TNS) - When Hurricane Floyd hit Eastern North Carolina in 1999, it triggered what The Free Press called “The 500-Year Flood.” The flood would cause significant damage to more than 1,000 homes, flood another 2,500 homes and caused more than $300 million in damages.

Both State Farm Insurance, the No. 1 homeowners’ insurer in the state, and Nationwide have brought in members of their national catastrophe teams to help out.

County manager says a number of models for Hurricane Matthew were wrong.

States have been rushing to catch up with the widespread use of police body cameras by passing laws that govern when and how footage can be released to the public.

When services are cut, no one complains until there is a problem.

The study says that human-caused climate change has almost doubled the amount of forest land burned in the West since 1979, accounting for an additional 16,000 square miles or more than 10.2 million acres.

Disaster survivors should always ask for credentials, whether it’s a contractor or a employee at another agency.