Preparedness and Communications

Quick thinking and being prepared can make the difference between being a survivor or victim.

After two devastating floods in two years, the new technology can’t be deployed quickly enough.

(TNS) - Columbia's south side was hammered by powerful winds Thursday morning and afternoon, knocking down trees and branches at hundreds of homes and businesses.

According to Clear Channel, the company’s digital billboards reach nearly 98.5 percent of adults weekly across the city.

'Local police training in Massachusetts is in serious trouble. It is grossly underfunded.'

The SC Emergency Manager contains a variety of tools and features that help people prepare for weather disasters or any other kind of emergency.

Emergency management officials say the expected Cascadia subduction zone quake could shake the Rogue Valley so hard that houses could collapse or slide off their foundations, leaving thousands homeless, injured or worse.

With the number of mass shootings increasing in recent years across the country, a growing number of Chippewa Valley companies and organizations are pursuing such training for their employees.

Houston’s residents and leaders must also do more to increase adoption of flood insurance.

Lighter snowpack, lighter rainfall and higher temperature trends expected to continue through the summer, all of which contribute to a more active fire season.

'While we care about our residents, we will do the best we can. However, the governments are not going to pay for housing — they can’t..'

A new website launched to help communities in these efforts, Resilient MA/Climate Clearinghouse, www.resilientma.org, is a gateway for policymakers and the public to find the latest research and tools to plan for climate change.

Increased wildfire activity in the state has called attention to gaps in the systems that deliver wireless emergency alerts to residents in harm’s way.

At a news conference in Shasta County on Saturday, Gov. Jerry Brown vowed to help the legislature improve the state's emergency alert system.