Recovery

The Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency will host a screening of the disaster thriller 'The Wave' in Vancouver. It’s the first of what agency Emergency Management Coordinator Eric Frank hopes will be a recurring disaster movie night.

'I never did see him. We just heard bullets. He was running all over the plant, chasing people.'

The court approved the purchase of AlertSense, a public alert system that Emergency Management Director David Sunn said he believes could ultimately be a money saver for the county.

At stake could be $70 to $80 million for flood walls, levees and pump stations to protect low-lying areas from rising tides on the east bank of the Cedar River. Congress authorized $73 million in spending in 2014, but never appropriated the money.

More than 18,000 Horry County properties are being added to federally-drawn flood zones, a change that will force many homeowners without flood insurance to purchase that coverage.

City Clerk Tim Spanos lamented the damage done in his office, which saw several 19th century record books soaked.

Pennsylvania has identified more than $55.4 million in expenses related to cleanup from the storm Jan. 22-23.

As populations grow denser throughout the “tornado alley” that stretches from North Texas through South Dakota, many experts say communities should consider designing buildings to withstand twisters just as coastal communities build to survive hurricanes.

'That flood opened up a lot of people’s eyes in the community that a disaster that size really could happen, and when it does it could become utter chaos and extremely, extremely dangerous.'

What do U.S. mayors worry about? A recent survey finds that aging infrastructure is a top concern – and many mayors say state and federal agencies hinder their efforts instead of helping.

The Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery began sending out debt notice letters this month to applicants the agency believes were ineligible for housing rehabilitation and elevation money or received duplicate payments for the same work.

School officials said automatic calls about the situation went out to the children's emergency contact phone numbers but some parents missed the message.

When overflowing Cowiche Creek inundated county and city homes, emergency management staff for both jurisdictions were not talking to each other about services for displaced residents.

Twitter’s consistent suspension of English-speaking, Islamic State-sympathetic accounts between August and September of 2015 resulted in substantial disruption.

There was an estimated $900,000 in damages after flooding collapsed roads and washed away shoulders. Lawrence 328 remains closed because it was cut in half.