Recovery

"They're managing very well under the circumstances. They obviously had roof and water damages that they continue to work on. Their private sector partners have been on the ground 24-7 as well."

For the 55 days until the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took over, there was a near-constant state of confusion over who was — or who should have been — in charge of fighting the fire, and who would pay to put it out.

"I seen the transformer over there explode and I grabbed my dog and hunkered down with him. You could feel the whole trailer moving and shaking. I thought it was going to come apart. We're just lucky to be alive."

The official death toll stood at 21 on Monday, down from 25 as previously announced, as authorities cited the total confirmed by coroners since Friday's Twister, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.

Almost 66,000 customers were without power this morning, according to an outage map provided by the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency. Most of these customers were located in Western Massachusetts.

The Lexington, Ky.-Fayette Urban County Council voted Tuesday to put an after-action review into the council’s Social Services and Public Safety Committee. A date for that review has not been set.

A spokesman for the governor said he already contacted FEMA about a potential disaster declaration and was told the derailment wouldn’t qualify because there’s a lack of unreimbursed property damage.

Randall Bell, who recently published a book on disaster recovery, says communities and individuals must first acknowledge the pain and then begin the long, difficult process of recovery.

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.

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.

Beginning Saturday, Feb. 4, both centers will continue operating between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to help those impacted by the January atmospheric river event. Eligible residents who have not yet begun the recovery process are encouraged to stop by.

Oklahomans affected by the ice/winter storm need to: Survey your property, photograph and document any damage. Make necessary repairs to prevent further damage quickly.

Firefighters initially responded to a call about 8 a.m. regarding a vehicle in the San Marcos Creek crossing. A mother and her 5-year-old son were trying to cross a road that had been flooded.

Services have been relocated in accordance with the agency’s disaster plan, and the new locations can accommodate all the patients who were previously visiting this central location.

If you live in an evacuation zone, will you be able to stay with friends or family nearby who don’t — or, will you plan to go to a shelter? If you’re not in an evacuation zone, do you have a room for others to stay in?

Working with FEMA and other state agencies following the flood, many families opted to either remain in their damaged homes or move into mobile homes temporarily during the warm, summer months.

As a Category 1 storm at its strongest, Nicole did not exactly break records for wind ferocity or storm surge height, but it came on the heels of devastating Category 4 Hurricane Ian a mere six weeks earlier.

The CDC switched up the contractors who run the national program for some 25,000 responders and survivors outside of the New York area and the prescription drug benefits for the entire program.