Preparedness

“The school district doesn’t want law enforcement sitting around watching kids in the school during the day and law enforcement doesn’t want to sit around and watch kids during the school day either.”

El Niño is a climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean that can affect weather worldwide, NOAA states. During El Niño, trade winds weaken and warm water is pushed east toward the west coast of the U.S.

The survey asked respondents to answer one open-ended question about their key takeaway from the experience. The most prevalent responses to that question centered around three themes, according to the university’s summary.

The goal is to help communities, businesses and industries better plan for the future by producing climate projections in advance and then taking action to reduce the damage and loss from potential weather extremes.

“Climate change poses a very real threat to our coastal way of life, but it also presents a unique opportunity for us to build communities that are safer and more equitable for years to come. This is a matter of fiscal responsibility."

Carrie Speranza will chair the National Advisory Council, a supporting body to the FEMA administrator in various aspects of emergency management, including preparedness, protection, response, recovery and mitigation.

It has been uncommon for earthquakes to hit outside of the Midlands area of the Palmetto State, specifically beyond Kershaw County where there have been 52 confirmed earthquakes since the end of June 2022.

A king tide is an especially high tide that brings unusually high water levels and can cause local tidal flooding. Last year, areas west of the Narrows experienced abnormal king tides that flooded local parks and businesses near Gig Harbor and Purdy.

The grant is designed to directly fund fire departments and volunteer firefighter interest to increase the number of trained, frontline firefighters over the course of three years.

For weeks last winter, many San Bernardino Mountains residents were trapped in their homes, buried under up to 12 feet of snow, some without power for as long as six days.

An existing Red Cross building will be remodeled into a hardened 13,100-square-foot building that allows Bradenton's emergency response staff to weather a storm and deploy resources.

When emergency notifications weren't as effective as they needed to be during wildfire season, Spokane emergency dispatchers worked with county GIS as well as a new app that pushes out more accurate information faster.

The Fifth National Climate Assessment, released this week, says Pennsylvania is poised to experience more severe rainstorms, flooding and extreme heat due to climate change, as are other Northeastern states.

The need for more training and more mental health assistance go hand in hand, as officers who don’t feel they have had enough or adequate training are more likely to be stressed about the job.

The Bangor Daily News discussed New York, Maine and federal law with lawyers who said that if statutes were written in slightly different ways or if institutions had opted to take more steps, it is possible that police could have confiscated Card's personal guns.

Puyallup School District spokesperson Sarah Gillispie told The News Tribune Nov. 9 that "there was no intent to harm or cause violence" in any of the four cases.

Dispatchers received reports of the “loud explosion” near Bemidji, but the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office said the source is undetermined. There were also reports of the noise in adjacent counties.

When a person who uses drugs is arrested and detained, even for less than a day, their tolerance decreases. If they use again after release, they're more likely to overdose.