Recovery

Relief from one of the Baltimore region’s wettest stretches on record arrived Thursday, but flood warnings nonetheless remained in effect through the afternoon and evening.

Utilities, on the hook for billions, say the state’s liability laws must change.

Federal lawmakers question why more than $200 million in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Relief funds haven’t found their way to flood victims.

A year later, the hospital was merely a collection of shipping containers and tents — a field hospital, the company called it. Patients had to be wheeled outside, sometimes in the blazing sun, to go from department to department.

Downtown and the city’s center were the hardest-hit areas, according to forecasters, who reported 3.57 inches of rainfall south of the Plaza — more than a fourth of the city’s annual average rainfall delivered in one delirious night.

'A remarkable number of business owners will spend a lot of time preparing their homes, but very little time preparing their businesses.'

The day that haunts him — the day he can’t recall without tears — is June 30, 2013. That’s the day he thought a wildfire had killed his son.

Prior to sending FEMA crews to counties affected by a disaster, the agency verifies needs of the region through Census data as well as elected officials.

While Cal Fire’s report on the deadly Tubbs fire is not out yet, the agency has determined that PG&E power equipment was responsible for causing 16 other major fires across Northern California in October.

As the majority of Colorado wildfires approach 100 percent containment, Forest Service teams are beginning to visit burn areas on U.S. Forest Service lands to assess their vulnerability to flooding, landslides and other fire-related catastrophes.

The federal government is providing $30 million in grants for coastal resiliency projects, which could benefit south Louisiana.

The program is run by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and funded through grants from FEMA totaling $13.9 million.

Comments and ideas shared during small group discussion at the meetings could help shape public policy.

The order comes a day after a group of displaced residents, including several living in Worcester, argued in court that FEMA was unlawfully terminating their housing assistance.

Maryland's representatives in Congress called on President Donald J. Trump to declare a disaster in the May flooding that devastated Ellicott City and parts of Baltimore and Baltimore County.