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Pitching in to help one of the flood's littlest victims
Under his mother's watchful eye, 6-year-old Joseph Donachricha gingerly yet cheerfully moves between couches and the coffee table in a small Park Ridge apartment. His various medical conditions leave him incapable of saying much, but he'll...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Hospitals and Clinics, Cerebral Palsy
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Obama: Gov't with Oklahoma 'every step' of the way
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — President Barack Obama visited tornado-devastated Moore, Okla., Sunday, consoling people staggered by the loss of life and property and promising that the government will be behind them "every step of the way." "I'm just a...
Tags: Government, Barack Obama, Executive Branch, White House, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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After flooding again, condo owners still wait for help from 2010 disaster
Flooding at the Graue Mills Country Condominiums this spring was worse than in 2010, and residents are looking for answers to prevent more damage to their community. "This was a higher flood than in 2010. They had more buildings (in the condo complex)...
Tags: Condos, Science and Technology, Oak Brook
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More than 1,000 Downers Grove residents report flood damage
More than 1,000 people in Downers Grove completed surveys to help DuPage County officials determine if it will qualify for federal disaster funding following last week's rain storms, which caused massive flooding. The three-page survey, posted on the...Tags: Downers Grove
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Villages cope with flooding
Elmhurst, Oak Brook and Hinsdale residents who've been bailing out flooded basements, ripping up drenched carpet, and pitching water-soaked goods to the curb had a tight deadline to meet in another step of the rebuilding process. They had until...
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Glenview, Northbrook recover as water recedes
As the cleanup continues this week, Northbrook and Glenview officials said several efforts helped alleviate last week's flooding for some residents. They also highlighted a few projects that may further improve stormwater systems in the area. The...
Tags: Rivers, Bodies of Water, Canterbury
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Hurricane safety, first aid tips for smartphones
Staff writerThe start of hurricane season for the eastern U.S. begins June 1, FEMA says, and lasts through Nov. 30. The American Red Cross has two free phone apps for hurricanes and first aid that work on iPhones and Androids that you hopefully won't have to use,...Tags: Heart Attack, First Aid, Natural Disasters, Health Treatments, Hurricanes
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Security, Response Is Everyone's Job
The Hartford CourantWe are reminded periodically that life on Earth is fragile. Asteroids, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, flu outbreaks and other natural disasters draw our attention to the risks. Indeed, the hazards are many and, as we learned in Boston, some are man-...Tags: Boston Marathon, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture, Running, Conservation
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Making homes safe from natural disasters
One could say that Judy Gibbons started prepping for her latest endeavor as a real estate agent 46 years ago today. That's because on April 21, 1967, a 9-year-old Gibbons huddled under the basement steps of her Barrington home with her mother, four...
Tags: Tornadoes, Real Estate, Disasters and Accidents, Natural Disasters, Insurance
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Rain hampers search for survivors of Texas explosion [Update]
Even as as President Obama pledged federal assistance to the devastated community, morning rainfall was hampering search and rescue efforts Thursday at the site of the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion, which killed as many as 15 people and...Tags: CBS Corp., Barack Obama, Broken Bones, Plant Openings, Hospitals and Clinics
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Conemaugh Township secures funding to repair storm-damaged roadway
Staff WriterDAVIDSVILLE — Conemaugh Township supervisors have gotten state and federal emergency management agencies to pay for more than $100,000 in repairs to storm-damaged Govier Lane. The bank alongside the roadway — off Glessner Lane near Route 985...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Chambersburg Area Middle School North hosts emergency drill
waynesboro@herald-mail.comAs teenage athletes left Chambersburg Area Middle School North on Wednesday evening, firetrucks and other emergency vehicles descended on the parking lot for a drill related to an mock attack at a nuclear power plant. Emergency services officials...Tags: Three Mile Island Accident (1979), Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Disasters and Accidents, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Health and Safety at School
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