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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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Hog farms are one of the most problematic environmental challenges after Florence dumped a historic amount of rain on the region, but they’re far from the only one. -
Meanwhile, the number of hog waste lagoons in North Carolina that are damaged or overflowing continues to increase.
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The FEMA chief said floodwaters have hampered repair crews trying to reopen roads and restore power.
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The storm was blamed for at least 17 deaths in North Carolina and six in South Carolina.
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(TNS) — Charlotte Observer reporters and photojournalists are in the field throughout the Carolinas reporting on the effects of Florence. Their Monday reports are here and their Sunday reports are here.
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The dead include people who drowned, were electrocuted, crushed by trees, 'thrown by the wind' and carbon monoxide poisoning, media outlets and government agencies report.
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Detectives said the boy’s mother was driving east on N.C. 218. They believe she drove around barricades blocking the flooded road, and her car was swept away.
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'Hurricane Florence is powerful, slow and relentless. It’s an uninvited brute that doesn’t want to leave.'
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'This storm has been hovering over us for a while, and we expect it to continue to hover over us.'
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One of the nation’s most experienced emergency managers shares his knowledge.
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'Most people in the community don't realize how many people are still suffering ... as if it was day one, a year later.'
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Strength is a common theme five years after the rains began falling on Sept. 9, 2013, marking the start of a cataclysmic 100-year flood event.
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'There weren’t enough people to work and some of the ones that did didn’t know what they were doing.'
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Thousands of people in and around Ground Zero in the aftermath continue to get sick and die.
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Many residents critical to the Texas city’s economic health were forced to leave.
