Recovery

It underscores the disjunct between various levels of government responsible for protecting residents from potentially deadly floodwaters.

Agencies across the county can now share information instantaneously.

Dozens of families welcomed a mission trip earlier this month designed to help alleviate the suffering caused by Hurricane Maria, but the ongoing grinding poverty was one of the surprising aspects for those who experienced the trip first-hand.

The Madison, Ohio, Local School District Board of Education was unanimous in its decision to approve a resolution to allow armed staff in the district.

If there’s one thing tech doesn’t need, it’s another acronym, but some are more valuable than others. In the world of social media and emergency management, VOST is one worth knowing.

The national readiness goal for hospitals to prepare for multiple victims is 15 minutes from first notice of an incident.

Resort taxes, which include taxes levied on hotel stays and restaurant tabs, make up more than 10 percent of Miami Beach's primary operating budget and contributed about $83 million to city coffers last fiscal year.

Nationwide, only about 4 percent of firefighters are women, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, even as that figure has risen to about 14 percent in police work and the military.

Two battle-tested technology chiefs share lessons from the front lines of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

Proposal calls for two sets of floodgates on Long Island's south shore, at East Rockaway Inlet and Jones Inlet — places where water passes behind barrier beaches toward densely populated Nassau County.

At least 120 people in the isolated communities of Wainiha and Haena remain cut off from the rest of the island because of more than a dozen landslides.

Because of the warming atmosphere, the type of storms that produced the record flooding 156 years ago will probably be three to four times more frequent by the end of this century.

“For some it will take weeks, for some months, for others years” to resume their lives, Acting City Manager David Parrish told reporters Sunday.

The threat to aging dams and flood-control networks will increase. The wildfire threat will grow more extreme.

A natural disaster is a terrifying event for anyone to experience. For elderly citizens, or those living with a disability, a natural disaster or local emergency can be that much more frightening and challenging to manage.