Recovery

How planning and collaboration between various agencies and jurisdictions produced 'muscle memory.'

FEMA acting deputy administrator addresses association audience in Long Beach, Calif.

At least five people are dead following shootings at multiple locations in Tehama County, Calif., including an elementary school where at least two children were wounded.

The fires left behind toxic materials and debris but also incinerated plants and forest litter, removing material that helps stabilize steep hillsides and slow water absorption, preventing erosion.

Citizens affected by the fire use social media sites for safety updates, connectivity and support.

Extreme heat from the blazes that destroyed more than 5,000 homes and killed 23 people also melted plastic storm drains underground, creating the risk of collapse or slides with the upcoming rains.

Even before hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, the NFIP was in deep trouble, its $30 billion borrowing exhausted. The program needs to be renewed by Dec. 8.

No matter what their cause, major agricultural disease outbreaks put the nation at risk.

The process to revamp the outdated Wireless Emergency Alert system started in 2015, but was delayed by industry objections.

Police have stopped doing field tests of white, powdery substances. Those are sent straight to the lab because the danger to officers is too great should they come into contact with those substances.

Those include six city-owned dams in Austin, as well as others in Central Texas, a region that has experienced some of the heaviest rainfall events in the world.

The mass shooting at First Baptist Church that killed 26 people and wounded 20 others has not made the residents of this rural area east of San Antonio reconsider their belief in guns. It has only reinforced the sense that the answer to America's mass shooting problem is not gun control.

The three municipalities are looking to share this resource, as they have with many other things including the police department and the school district.

After so many strikes, cities declare properties nuisances and assess fines unless the problem is remedied. In many cases, this means evicting the tenant responsible for the 911 calls.

The call volume for Harvey-related requests to the 211 helpline went from 21,233 in the first week down to 1,801 more than a month after the storm.