Recovery

'The lesson is learned. Now what are we going to do about it?'

More than 40 million people are at risk, and that number is expected to increase.

Using a unit as a base station, roving mobile medical personnel could provide assistance in homes or community facilities.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue workers, homicide detectives, engineers and the National Transportation Safety Board have been working the scene since Thursday afternoon.

The Red Cross project has reached more than 900,000 elementary school students.

The bridge gave way suddenly while the traffic light for motorists on Tamiami Trail was red, so the concrete span fell on top of a row of stopped vehicles.

California's construction requirements are so minimal that even a new building can be legally built to a weakness that would leave it severely damaged in an earthquake — so much that it would have to be torn down, he said.

In a ruling unsealed Tuesday, a Federal Claims Court judge agreed with plaintiffs who sued the federal government, claiming that the Corps' policies favored wildlife protection over their economic interests.

The county will deploy a range of response measures, including mass alerting.

The county carried out more than 10,000 rescues during the storm and its aftermath, and more than 200,000 people were ordered to evacuate.

'Many of them come to the United States and they are very educated, but it's going to take them a while before they find something in their field.'

A horse was one of more than 60 animals rescued during the flood and brought to a shelter.

She said sustained winds of 20 to 40 mph are likely with wind gusts reaching as high as 60 mph , and even higher on Nantucket.

It underscores the wide swath of damage left behind by the massive storm, which brought wind and storm surge to much of Florida last September.

Other bills would allow students to wear bulletproof backpacks, let teachers toss students viewed as threats and provide benefits of $250,000 to the spouses of teachers and other school employees killed on the job.