Southerners found their emergency safety net shredded Friday as they tried to emerge from the nation’s deadliest tornado disaster since the Great Depression. Emergency buildings are wiped out. Bodies are stored in refrigerated trucks. Authorities are begging for such basics …
Federal authorities now say nearly $11 million is being allocated to southern Utah communities recovering from winter flood damage. The Spectrum of St. George says the increased aid follows a revised Federal Emergency Management Agency assessment. Initially FEMA approved just …
Water pushed beyond the banks of rivers in east Arkansas on April 27, flooding homes and flowing over fields where many farmers had already postponed planting because of an unlikely stretch of wet weather during a drought. On the two …
The U.S. Small Business Administration is providing low-interest disaster loans to private individuals, businesses and nonprofits on Hawaii’s Big Island as a result of damage caused by the tsunami the resulted from Japan’s 9.0 magnitude earthquake But private property damage …
Oregon’s governor has asked President Barack Obama to issue a disaster declaration for a coastal county ravaged by a tsunami this month. Gov. John Kitzhaber made the request for Curry County on the state’s southern coast after disaster teams estimated …