North Carolina Wildfire: Map Shows Active Incidents in Area
The wildfire, named the Crooked Creek Fire, ignited near the town of Old Fort, which was impacted by Hurricane Helene last ...
Wildfires break out in North Carolina town ravaged by Hurricane Helene
The fire is happening while Western North Carolina is under an increased fire danger warning due to gusty winds, making it ...
California Wildfires: Much-needed rain is expected to help firefighting efforts this weekend.
Rain and cooler temperatures will bring relief to Southern California this weekend, after a prolonged stretch of dry, breezy ...
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Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...
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Wildfires break out in North Carolina town ravaged by Hurricane Helene
“Obviously we’re on notice from the hurricane we ... the area to allow emergency crews to operate safely. According to the North Carolina Forest Service's wildfire map, the fire is about ...
Storm Eowyn hits British Isles with hurricane-force winds: 'Exceptional' red-warning tempest sees trains and planes cancelled, schools shut and public told to stay hom…
Storm Eowyn has hit the British Isles with hurricane-force winds as the tempest brings an 'extreme and real' threat to life, ...
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Don't ruin my view, say Marco Island residents who live on beach, oppose dune rules
The island is requiring height verification before trimming dune vegetation after multiple hurricanes and tropical storms in ...
‘We have to figure this out’: Rising flood risks delivers double blow to communities with housing shortages
A POLITICO analysis found roughly a quarter of all large metro areas face both housing shortages and high flood risk.
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Commentary: New FEMA maps bring Florida’s flood risks to forefront
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released its widely anticipated new flood risk maps on Dec. 20 ... more are in counties on the state’s hurricane-battered Southwest coast.
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Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
or FEMA; and the Watch Duty app. Resources were stretched thin, and hurricane-force winds had grounded air support, limiting authorities' ability to get a top-down perspective on the flames.
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Wildfire Threat Could Burn Helene-Hit North Carolina Communities Off the Map
Months of neglect from federal officials threatened to combine the worst elements of two recent major disasters. Fortunately, residents in western North Carolina, a region ravaged by Hurricane Helene ...