News
Task Force 1 Wraps Up Operations
52+ min ago (194+ words) My Mo Info (Columbia) Officials with Missouri task Force 1 are evaluating their team’s response after completing a four day deployment supporting Missouri’s flood response in Reynolds and Iron counties. A press release from the group indicates Missouri Task Force 1 personnel…...
FEMA grants Arkansas $100K for storm damage repairs
8+ hour, 4+ min ago (69+ words) K8 News | Jonesboro, Arkansas FEMA grants Arkansas $100K for storm damage repairs Walnut Ridge woman arrested again after violating animal cruelty sentence Jonesboro man charged with assault after police say he hit wife in head with wrench 5 Red Wolves selected to 2026 Preseason…...
Missouri insurance regulator urges flood risk awareness
58+ min ago (374+ words) Missouri's top insurance regulator, Angela Nelson, is urging homeowners to understand their flood risk and insurance policies after a rare flash flood emergency last Friday, July 10, brought torrential rainfall and widespread flooding to parts of south-central Missouri. The emergency prompted…...
The flood claim hiding in your policyholder’s driveway
6+ hour, 36+ min ago (707+ words) There’s a claim file on your table that’s from a policyholder in Tampa. They did everything right. They boarded their windows, packed what they could carry, and evacuated before the storm made landfall, as the alerts asked them to. They…...
A Prescription for Disaster
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (327+ words) Rising Kashmir A Prescription for Disaster Antibiotic resistance threatens the poor most in the Kashmir Valley Antibiotic resistance is no longer a distant threat spoken of in medical journals; it is a crisis unfolding in the Kashmir Valley. In clinics,…...
Household economic resilience in metropolitan New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (105+ words) This report aims to center that vision by evaluating the past and charting a path forward that prioritizes workers and household economic security as key to the city’s resilience and prosperity, and then offering several policy recommendations. This report is…...
DWD Announces Disaster Unemployment Assistance for Wisconsinites Impacted by Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding
6+ hour, 35+ min ago (192+ words) Applications for the DUA program must be filed by Aug. 31, 2026. Individuals may be eligible for DUA if they: In addition to individuals who lost their jobs directly due to the disaster, individuals eligible for DUA may also include those who:…...
Rebuilding Black Mountain: Public Works and Sanitation — The Valley Echo
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (1750+ words) Fred McCormickThe Valley EchoJuly 14, 2026 The water from the adjacent Swannanoa River began rising in the Town of Black Mountain Public Works and Recreation and Parks building at 304 Black Mountain Avenue on the morning of Sept. 27, 2024, as crews stationed nearby scrambled…...
As Congress debates Iran war funding, Southern California reps demand LA wildfire recovery support
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (711+ words) Local congressional representatives are urging their colleagues in Congress to withhold their support for the Trump administration’s Iran war funding request until the body approves “long-overdue” disaster funding for areas impacted by the Eaton and Palisades fires. Sherman, who represents…...
Gov. Evers Slams President Trump and Trump Administration for Playing Politics With Disaster Relief, Pledges to Appeal Decision to Deny Wisconsin Disaster Relief
9+ hour, 36+ min ago (869+ words) Urban Milwaukee Gov. Evers Slams President Trump and Trump Administration for Playing Politics With Disaster Relief, Pledges to Appeal Decision to Deny Wisconsin Disaster Relief Trump Administration denies Gov. Evers’ request for public disaster assistance and hazard mitigation relief for…...