The government says fewer people are seeking help from the April tornadoes that ravaged Alabama, so it’s scaling back its response to the disaster. Officials said Thursday the disaster recovery centers spread out across the state will no longer be …
Confronted with an unprecedented string of tornadoes, floods and wildfires, the American Red Cross and other relief groups are scrambling to raise money fast enough to meet the demand for help. “The disasters just keep coming,” said Red Cross spokesman …
A woman from Itawamba County faces charges after state investigators say she took disaster relief items she was not due. The attorney general’s office says 53-year-old Pamela Thompson, who lives just outside the Smithville city limits, was charged Wednesday with …
Eight additional counties have been designated for disaster assistance to households and businesses as part of North Carolina’s federal disaster declaration, according to officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The latest counties are Craven, Currituck, Greene, Hertford, Hoke, Pitt, …