Preparedness

"As emergency manager, Keith had the significant responsibility to make sure our community is prepared for a disaster. I think everyone will remember Keith's leadership through the tornado response and recovery."

The copy of the bill states that a $200 million fund will be established, similar to one in Western Kentucky created in the wake of devastating December 2021 tornadoes.

Less than 1.5% of 673,000 residential structures across West Virginia had residential flood insurance contracts through a federal program providing most of the nation’s flood insurance in force as of May 16.

Monday kicked off the first day of the city’s first Girls Fire Camp, designed for teenage girls to learn about firefighting and possibly jump-start a career with the city’s bureau. The bureau has just four women.

Large earthquakes are less common than the small earthquakes that occur almost every day in Washington, but can cause immense damage to houses, roads, buildings, bridges and utilities you rely on.

California is struggling through drought, but a growing number of scientists say climate change — the same catastrophe that’s drying up the West — is also increasing the risk of nightmarish flooding across much of the state.

Most emergency preparedness checklists say to have hard-soled shoes to wear to protect your feet from embers or glass shattered by heat. Fire experts suggest wearing flame-resistant garments, from head to toe, if possible.

The HERricane program, developed by the Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management and with partner Farmers Insurance, hosts young women and girls to learn about the field.

State Health Commissioner Dr Mary T. Bassett said the detection of poliovirus in wastewater samples in New York City is alarming but not surprising. "The risk to New Yorkers is real...get vaccinated against polio.

Shelters most likely have food, water, first-aid supplies and toilet paper, but not your lifesaving medicines, driver’s license or some other form of identification, and spare keys to your house and car.

The Army Corps’ proposal calls for flood walls only to keep water out of the city’s two main highway tunnels. The plan suggests floodproofing more waterfront homes and businesses instead of waterfront neighborhoods.

The walk-throughs on Tuesday involved Springfield SWAT and fire personnel extensively going through a district elementary school, a middle school as well as Springfield High School.

Boulder County, Colo., has witnessed several major wildfires recently, including the Marshall fire in December, which destroyed and damaged more than 1,000 homes and over 30 commercial buildings.

The best thing U.S. senators could do was spend weeks negotiating, and days voting, to pass climate investments. Returns on that $369 billion injection, to be spent over the next decade, could come too late.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking the BA.4.6 subvariant of COVID-19 and cases are now present in four states. Here's what we know so far about its spread and whether vaccines offer protection against it.

King County, Wash.,’s new 12-point Wildfire Risk Reduction Strategy enlists the expertise of 29 different local entities but also calls on the public and private forest landowners to do their part to mitigate wildfire risk.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has revised its hurricane prediction from May, including a slightly lower chance of an above-average season and fewer named storms.

A study by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources suggests that a major earthquake and ensuing tsunami from the Seattle fault could produce waves up to 40 feet high and inundate the area with 20 feet of water.