Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt is seeking federal help recovering from a storm that churned up rare winter tornadoes. Two people died, 30 others were injured and more than 400 homes were damaged in the storms that started the afternoon of …
Help is on the way for residents of two west Alabama counties hit by severe thunderstorms and tornadoes on Jan. 10. Gov. Bob Riley said Monday the U.S. Small Business Administration will open a Disaster Loan Outreach Center on Tuesday …
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a comprehensive plan for what the country must do to have a more effective and unified response and recovery in disaster situations. DHS said that the new plan, called the National Response …
A Senate committee is moving quickly on a proposal to help flood- and tornado-damaged communities rebuild homes. The Ways and Means Committee voted Monday to sponsor the proposal. It would provide $12 million over three years to help communities rebuild …
Ark. Governor Mike Beebe declared Benton, Conway, Craighead, Poinsett and Pope Counties state disaster areas due to the damage caused by thunderstorms and tornadoes on Jan. 7 and Jan. 8. Beebe’s declaration releases $250,000 from the Governor’s Disaster Fund to …
A Senate committee is moving quickly on a proposal to help flood- and tornado-damaged communities rebuild homes. The Ways and Means Committee voted Monday to sponsor the proposal. It would provide $12 million over three years to help communities rebuild …
U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses $6.5 billion for 2007 property losses from 23 catastrophes — the eighth lowest cost in a decade and the seventh lowest frequency for the same period, according to preliminary analysis …
Damage from an ice storm that hit Kansas in early December pushed the 2007 total to more than $625 million in reimbursable losses. But the state adjutant general’s office warned Wednesday that the numbers would likely be much higher for …
Damage from an ice storm that hit Kansas in early December pushed the 2007 total to more than $625 million in reimbursable losses. But the state adjutant general’s office warned Wednesday that the numbers would likely be much higher for …
Emergency management teams will begin assessing damage to homes and businesses as state officials prepare to ask the federal government to provide individual assistance for people affected earlier this month by a massive ice storm. “We’re trying to work as …