Recovery

In a 584-page dissection of the disaster at America’s tallest dam, the investigative team said Oroville Dam was designed and built with flaws from the beginning.

The aim is to develop relationships with the goal of protecting cultural heritage during disasters.

An additional 34 deaths were added to the tally Wednesday, including a 1-year-old boy, as influenza raged throughout the region in what experts say is the fiercest battle with the rapidly mutating virus they’ve experienced since 2009.

Kevin Hannes, FEMA's federal coordinating officer for Hurricane Harvey in Texas, acknowledged some hiccups in the local recovery process, but said the overall response to Harvey has exceeded expectations.

Having so many agencies — including the city and county governments, police and fire departments and utility companies — present in the EOC allows a quicker response to problems than otherwise would be possible in an emergency situation.

'Please make plans now, tonight, for what you would do if you lose power.'

California’s congressional Democrats have been critical of President Trump for not acting more quickly to ensure wildfire relief.

The storm, which some forecasters are calling a "bomb cyclone" or "snow hurricane," is bringing snow along with damaging winds, bone-chilling temps and the chance of coastal flooding

Systems that should have warned residents of impending danger failed when they were needed most.

(TNS) — The Lake Oroville spillway crisis and evacuation last February might have only lasted a few days for Yuba-Sutter residents, but the ordeal left many with unanswered questions and a newfound fear of the unknowns of living downstream from an aging water storage facility and system.

As the cost of firefighting has gone up, the Forest Service budget has stayed relatively flat. The result is that fire suppression now consumes 55 percent of the agency's annual budget, and some officials estimate that could grow to two-thirds in a few years.

Volunteers continue recovery aid to people affected by hurricanes Nate, Harvey, Maria and Irma.

A recent Associated Press review of the data found that 2 million Americans live within a mile of one of the 327 vulnerable Superfund sites.

Police and fire departments across the country have struggled with how to support first responders after mass violence.

There have been some years of respite, but in general, firefighting costs have been climbing since 2000.