Recovery

During disasters, they do whatever needed to ensure emergency messages get to where they need to go.

Around noon Saturday, the city posted to Facebook that about 500 city utility customers remained without power at that time.

On Thursday, the smell of smoke still hung over a section of Mexico Beach, mixed with the stench of leaking natural gas.

Michael plowed inland with powerful winds and storm surge after crashing ashore in Mexico Beach, a quaint low-slung beach town with a population of just 1,200 in one of the most remote corners of Florida.

'The issue here is that FEMA continues to award contracts to companies who have little to no experience, and in doing so, at the very least raises questions about its process for vetting its suppliers.'

Those Friday evening rains Aug. 31 that displaced nearly a dozen families from their homes also killed two people who were swept away by rising water.

The tornado caused an estimated $70 million in damages to the campus and surrounding areas, and damaged 50 of 70 structures on the JSU campus.

The money is targeted at 38 community colleges and universities in counties designated for public assistance by FEMA.

The studies looked at a range of flood prevention projects — including new dams, reservoirs and levees — and concluded that the most cost-effective approach is elevating flood-prone buildings or buying out the properties and demolishing buildings.

At least 1,203 people were killed after Friday’s quake, according to an unofficial count by volunteers, nongovernmental groups and hospitals in Palu.

A Bob Ross painting hangs on the wall leading to one of the bedrooms. Ladonna Stockwell said she regrets not taking it with her when she originally left the house to stay at Compass Cove with her husband, three dogs and two cats.

FEMA recommends people protect themselves from scammers by asking the inspector, who will be a contractor, for his or her official FEMA photo ID badge.

The state Emergency Operations Center will remain partially activated to support county emergency managers as requested.

Cumberland County officials are estimating more than 730 homes and 16 businesses were damaged during Hurricane Florence, on top of the 1,200 structures damaged in Fayetteville.

New Hanover County, N.C., officials warned residents to avoid floodwaters due to the possibility of infection-causing bacteria and other environmental risks present.