October 22, 2015
President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster exists in the state of Washington following this summer’s wildfires and mudslides. The disaster declaration makes federal money available to state and local governments as well as Native American tribes to repair …
September 8, 2015
Four more Montana counties have been designated as primary natural disaster areas due to crop losses caused by drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture added Jefferson, Madison, Teton and Toole counties, bringing to 19 the total number of Montana counties …
July 20, 2015
President Barack Obama has declared that a major disaster exists in Colorado and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in areas affected by storms, tornadoes, flooding, landslides and mudslides in early summer. The Denver Post …
July 20, 2015
Colorado asked federal disaster managers for a major disaster declaration in the wake of severe weather and flooding this spring and early summer that impacted 11 counties. The Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management submitted their request in …
July 13, 2015
Colorado is asking federal disaster managers for a major disaster declaration in the wake of severe weather and flooding this spring and early summer that impacted 11 counties. The Denver Post reported the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency …
July 10, 2015
Wyoming homes and businesses damaged by flooding in Niobrara and Johnson counties can seek federal aid thanks to a federal disaster declaration. President Barack Obama has approved a federal disaster declaration requested by Gov. Matt Mead, according to the Federal …
May 13, 2015
National Weather Service crews were dispatched to assess the damage caused by a tornado that tore through Lake City, Iowa, uprooting trees, ripping apart the roof of a high school and leaving shreds of pink insulation strewn throughout the streets, …
May 12, 2015
New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan is appealing FEMA’s decision to deny an extension for towns’ snow-removal efforts following a blizzard in January. In March, a disaster declaration was approved for the state, ordering federal aid to help recovery efforts in …
April 29, 2015
High winds blew rail cars off the Huey P. Long Bridge and more than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power Monday morning as a line of severe thunderstorms moved across southeast Louisiana. Five rail cars carrying six to eight freight …
April 1, 2015
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has requested a federal disaster declaration for Tulsa and Cleveland counties in the wake of deadly tornadoes that ripped through two mobile home parks near Sand Springs and another tornado that swept through Moore and heavily …