Preparedness and Communications

Following rare blizzard warnings in Southern California counties, plus snowfall at unusually low levels, Interstate 5 has been closed in both directions over the Grapevine.

The National Weather Service office in San Diego issued its first-ever blizzard warning for the San Bernardino County mountains after similar warnings for Los Angeles and Ventura counties earlier this week.

Heavy rain and wind gusts up to 50 mph are expected on Thursday with an atmospheric river system moving through Southern California over the weekend and into next week.

In Southern California, the National Weather Service issued a high wind warning for some areas Tuesday night with 30- to 40-mph winds and gusts topping 60 mph.

The radios, which are intended to replace the black Weather Advisor Alert Radios, will be used to broadcast emergencies for severe weather throughout the county or chemical incidents at the Blue Grass Army Depot.

Although Philadelphia has never recorded a major earthquake, hurricanes are a concern, and accidents can happen. To make sure you are as ready as possible, here are different types of emergency kits you should be equipped with.

A Guilford County, N.C., program is reducing 911 emergency services costs and trips by ambulance to the ER by using regular vehicles and teams with a lower-level EMT instead of a paramedic.

What happened in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 3 is a cautionary tale for Tarrant County. A freight train carrying flammable and toxic chemicals including vinyl choride, human carcinogen, ran off its tracks.

To accept the contention there's still a statewide drought, you need to change the conventional meaning of the word. Of course, we've done that with lots of words in my lifetime. No need to go into that here.

Alabama’s disappearing longleaf pine forests are especially dependent on periodic fires, which would have occurred naturally, but are now provided by crews working in helmets and flame-retardant clothing.

To date, 60 homes have been purchased and demolished between the county's six federally funded programs through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Assistance to Firefighters grant is through FEMA. The paramedic program was created through a collaboration with the city and county fire departments, Owensboro Community & Technical College, and American Medical Response.

Lots of Californians spend a good chunk of their time on the road. In your car, you should have a kit with a first aid kit, a blanket, a change of clothes, cash to buy gas, a spare tire, and emergency food and water.

The committee, composed of county, municipal, educational and health-care representatives, as well as technical partners and other stakeholders, will meet during the next several months to update the Vermilion County All Hazards Mitigation Plan.

To be sure, the emergency powers yielded some positive outcomes, including making it easier for out-of-state health workers to work in California and waiving licensing requirements so pharmacists and pharmacy technicians could administer COVID vaccines.