Preparedness and Communications

Due to "a very high amount of water in the snowpack across the region, with the north shore, east-central Minnesota, and all of northwest Wisconsin currently ranking in the top 10% of historical snow water measurements."

For the 55 days until the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took over, there was a near-constant state of confusion over who was — or who should have been — in charge of fighting the fire, and who would pay to put it out.

Parts of the Santa Cruz Mountains were still without power Sunday morning, according to the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. outage map. It was not immediately clear how many customers were affected.

A nine-session series on how businesses can effectively mitigate, respond to and recover from an active shooter or other mass casualty event could make a big difference in an emergency.

The county’s Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, which expired in 2022, helps access federal funding for projects like earthquake retrofitting and vegetation management to control the spread of wildfires.

The National Guard and dozens of public safety agencies are on scene in Tulare County as floodwaters continue to rise and more than 12,000 face evacuations.

The Eureka County Sheriff's Office reported water over the southbound lane of State Route 278 on Wednesday afternoon. Emergency officials put out an evacuation warning as water began to encroach into neighborhoods.

"From heavy snowfall to dangerous winds, everyone in Illinois should be prepared for adverse conditions. Earlier this month, Illinois saw multiple tornadoes throughout the state, followed by unseasonably-warm temperatures."

The U.S Drought Monitor shows conditions in the start of 2023 moved Union County out of drought concern. But, February received nearly an inch more of precipitation than average, making it the 10th wettest February on record.

All eyes remain on the small Monterey County community of Pajaro as the next storm nears, however, after water breached a levee early Saturday morning, devastating the neighborhoods and farmlands of the town.

"It depends on how much snow melt we get because that's a whole other player in this. The rain is going to be impressive, but it just depends on how warm these systems are and how much snowmelt we get."

Preparedness is key for keeping operations moving in the event of a cyber incident, like when Dole Foods didn’t know it had been the victim of ransomware until customers complained they couldn’t find their favorite products.

“The unique and challenging part of this storm was that it hit so many parts of our state simultaneously, so you’re unable to move equipment from other parts of the state that are trying to keep their lifeline roads open.”

“It now appears likely that a potentially significant and likely warm atmospheric river event will affect some portion of Northern or Central California sometime between about late Thursday and Saturday.”

"Without a doubt," said Art Martynuska, Cambria County Emergency Management Agency coordinator. "I don't know the exact route, but if it was on the main line some of that stuff would have come right through Johnstown."