Recovery

With winter snow already falling, Montana’s blazes mostly have subsided. But the state now faces a $200 million budget shortfall exacerbated by the record cost of fighting wildfires.

The powerful earthquakes that hit Mexico last month serve as a reminder of what’s possible. There, sirens blared between 20 seconds and 60 seconds before the shaking began.

A man called 911 at 10:23 p.m. to report an incident at his home — less than a mile from the city police department. But city police didn’t arrive until 10:39 — nearly 20 minutes later.

The Florida Division of Emergency Management said that temporary housing units are staged in Key West for just-in-time delivery to ensure that empty units are not sitting in the public eye.

A developing feud over rate payments to debris-removal firms signed under emergency contracts by the Florida Department of Transportation have complicated matters.

About 80 buildings are likely to be mapped into a higher-risk area than before, and nearly 600 buildings are likely to be mapped into a lower-risk area.

The idea is to rapidly power up community hubs in some of the hard-hit areas on which locals depend for services, but that will likely also be among the last to get conventional electric power restored.

The county has a three-phase plan to purchase homes from flood-prone areas in the county using FEMA buy-out grant monies.

The wounded include off-duty sheriffs deputies from Los Angeles and Orange counties, off-duty firefighters from Los Angeles, an off-duty officer from the Ontario Police Department.

The Adventure of the Seas, with a capacity of up to 3,807 passengers, sailed into the Broward County seaport after concluding a humanitarian relief mission that delivered essential supplies to residents in the hurricane-ravaged U.S. territories.

Almost a year after Hurricane Matthew, people are still trying to recover and get back into their homes.

But Trump drew criticism from commentators for lashing out at critics and praising the work he has done, a break from presidents in the past who absorbed complaints from victims and offered consolation and promises of help.

The Defense Department tasked the USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship carrying two helicopters, to move from its location near the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica toward Puerto Rico to expand rescue and relief operations

Floridian activists have pressed Congress for years to stop a program that would dramatically raise flood insurance rates for residents in older, flood-prone areas that previously got lower, subsidized rates.

The Miami Herald looked at the response of the region’s utilities through the lens of two key areas – communication and execution.