Recovery

'This is not the new normal,' he said, employing a phrase that state leaders have used to describe the past two deadly, prolonged California fire seasons. 'This is the new abnormal, and this new abnormal will continue certainly in the next 10 to 15 years.'

As a result of the Camp Fire burning near Paradise in Northern California, the entire Bay Area, much of the Central Valley and even Monterey — which is more than 200 miles away from the blaze, as the crow flies — are experiencing unhealthy air quality.

'Maybe 10 or 20 years ago you stayed in your homes when there was a fire and you were able to protect them,” Ventura County Fire Chief Mark Lorenzen said. “We’re entering a new normal. Things are not the way they were 10 years ago.'

The inferno has claimed at least 23 people so far — six in vehicles, another just outside one — as the Camp Fire roared to life Thursday morning, decimating this town of 27,000 people just east of Chico in a wildfire that has become the most destructive in California history.

Whole community approach and following the National Disaster Recovery Framework is the goal of the East Baton Rouge plan.

Representatives from FEMA, Wisconsin Emergency Management, the U.S. Small Business Administration and other state agencies can help explain disaster assistance programs to individuals and businesses affected by the recent flooding.

'Georgia hasn’t been subjected to a disaster of this magnitude in recent years, so we have drawn on the experience of USDA in other states.'

Middleton was one of the hardest hit communities in the Madison area affected by flooding that started Aug. 17 and continued through Sept. 14.

It can take years for communities to recover from a disaster as devastating as Hurricane Michael.

Many rooms here brim with bulging garbage bags and Rubbermaid storage bins, holding the remnants of what was left after Hurricane Michael ravaged homes and upended lives Oct. 10.

Mexico Beach Police Chief Andrew Kelly said the source of controversy was whether survivors should be removed from the decimated city as rebuilding efforts began.

'As the recovery process moves forward, the full scope of damage to the region is becoming more and more apparent.'

They’ve at least floated the idea of requiring the use of the so-called 'Knox Boxes' or “rapid key entry systems.

Mental health services for Hurricane Michael victims include individual and group crisis counseling.

The region needed to have sustained a $36.7 million impact to qualify for grant money disbursed to public entities.