Preparedness

Ahead of cold winter temperatures, Texas residents should know the basics of gathering an emergency kit and getting alerts from officials, as well as knowing how to stay warm and avoid conditions like frostbite.

The $150 million My Safe Florida Home Project is now available for homeowners to receive free wind mitigation inspections and apply for $10,000 grants to upgrade structures in preparation for hurricanes.

Much of the money being thrown at fire safety has gone toward new equipment. Currently, Cal Fire is staffing 356 engines throughout California. The agency will be drawing back to 243 engines for the winter months.

To help ensure that mistakes aren’t repeated and that lessons learned are truly heeded the next time, the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region is developing a Comprehensive Regional Pandemic Resilience Roadmap.

"Most everything on this radio is obsolete. Most of the parts on these radios are no longer being manufactured. So it makes them difficult to get them fixed if something breaks or no longer works."

One of the three ongoing post-Sandy projects is "Raised Shorelines," which was rolled out by ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2016 with an aim to elevate roadways and other infrastructure in low-lying neighborhoods.

"The state of Texas is working closely with local emergency management officials to ensure our communities have access to critical resources ahead of severe weather threats," Gov. Greg Abbott said.

The fire started on Oct. 6 at a paper plant and warehouse in Menominee, a small city on Michigan's border with Wisconsin. The warehouse was filled with bales of scrap paper and pulp towering more than 10 feet high.

Cascadia 9.0 is designed to make earthquake preparation more enjoyable. The game's name comes from the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a 600-mile fault off the Pacific coastline.

The seven-day rolling average of daily COVID-19 cases in the U.S. fell below 40,000 for the first time since mid-April on Tuesday.

The breathing equipment — called self-contained breathing apparatus, or SCBA — consists of air tanks carried on packs worn by firefighters, with face pieces to prevent breathing super-heated air or smoke filled with toxic chemicals.

According to the Department of Water Resources, the $9.7 million is intended to help “improve flood protection on the Yuba River for up to a 200-year flood event, which will reduce the risks of flooding” to the area.

Gov. Jim Justice announced the program on Tuesday, saying the plan is “comprehensive,” including working with the FBI, West Virginia State Police, schools and the state Department of Homeland Security.

Deaths, mostly from drowning in the storm surge, are continuing to climb. Already, the finger-pointing has started. Whose fault is it that so many people remained in harm’s way when a monster of a storm like Ian hit?

While Clinton’s current levee is 41 years old, the need for it goes back 57 years to when a Mississippi River flood crest of 24.85 feet — almost 9 feet above flood stage — arrived on April 28, 1965.

“The coroner’s office serves in an indispensable role in our county and it is vitally important that we ensure that they have all of the tools necessary to carry out their essential mission.”

Following storms that inundated West Virginia this summer, the state Legislature heard arguments that the state's flood protection plan, created in 2004, is outdated and insufficient for current conditions.

After a 90-day pause on the U.S. Forest Service's prescribed burn program following two fires that got out of control in New Mexico, but some worry new restrictions put in place will do more harm than good.