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Emergency response team preps for hurricane season
As hurricane season approaches, many people are more concerned with their safety in the event of an emergency, and the College Park Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is ready to teach others how to be prepared. The group will offer evening classes...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Hurricanes, Medical Procedures and Tests, Entertainment, Natural Disasters
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Slain North Shore man lived in 2 different worlds
Colin Nutter was a young man from the North Shore on the brink of two worlds. After minor scrapes with the law as a teen, by 20 he had taken some college classes and was eager to return to school. He worked two jobs and had bought his first car,...
Tags: Nursing, Colleges and Universities, Prosecution, Theft, U.S. Army
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Woman serving in FEMA Corps program
Crystal Brown of Hagerstown is one of 177 Denver-based young people serving in the nation’s first class of FEMA Corps, a new unit of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps devoted to disaster preparedness and response. During her 10-...Tags: Human Interest
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FEMA Finds Climate Change Major Source of Rising Flood Risks
Channel 2 NewsA new national study is predicting flooding risks to increase as sea levels rise. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says areas at risk for flooding could increase 45 percent as climate change raises the level of the world’s oceans by an...Tags: Insurance, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Floods, Weather
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More storms possible after system races through Tri-State area Thursday morning
A massive storm system that swept through the Midwest on Wednesday reached the Tri-State area Thursday morning, packing strong winds and heavy rain. A second round of storms could arrive later in the day, according to forecasters, but the main threat of...
Tags: Franklin County (Virginia), Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Disasters and Accidents, National Weather Service
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FEMA denies West, Texas, bid for more disaster aid
ReutersAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The federal government's disaster agency rejected a request for aid to replace infrastructure destroyed near West, Texas, by an April fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people, Texas Governor Rick Perry's office said on...Tags: Barack Obama, Explosions, Government, Executive Branch, Rick Perry
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FEMA denies West, Texas, bid for more disaster aid: governor's office
ReutersAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The federal government's disaster agency denied a request for disaster aid to replace infrastructure destroyed in West, Texas by a fertilizer plant explosion in April that killed 14 people, Texas Governor Rick Perry's office said...Tags: Barack Obama, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Government, Executive Branch, Politics
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FEMA denies West, Texas, bid for more disaster aid -governor's office
ReutersAUSTIN, Texas, June 12 (Reuters) - The federal government's disaster agency denied a request for disaster aid to replace infrastructure destroyed in West, Texas by a fertilizer plant explosion in April that killed 14 people, Texas Governor Rick Perry's...Tags: Barack Obama, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Government, Executive Branch, Politics
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) DENIES
ReutersFEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) DENIES WEST, TEXAS APPLICATION FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE AFTER FERTILIZER PLANT BLAST -TEXAS GOVERNOR'S OFFICETags: Government, Executive Branch, Politics
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900 inmates moved from Colorado prison because of wildfire
About 900 inmates at a medium-security Colorado state prison have been evacuated because of the danger from a growing wildfire, one of four sweeping through the state. No injuries have been reported from the four fires that have forced the evacuations...
Tags: John Hickenlooper, Prisons, Wildfires, Waldo Canyon Fire (2012), Fires
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Hurricane awareness expo to blow into Boynton Beach Mall
The Boynton Beach Mall, the Community Rating System user group and the Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management will have the 13th annual Flood and Hurricane Awareness Expo Saturday, inviting the public to come out and prepare for the...Tags: American Red Cross, Relief and Aid Organizations, Hurricanes, Insurance, Boynton Beach
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Park Ridge again rejects cost-sharing for flood projects
Park Ridge will not offer residents a flood control cost-sharing program like some neighboring communities do. Aldermen greeted the notion tepidly on Monday night, discussing whether to begin splitting the cost with residents who want to undertake flood...Tags: Local Government
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