Oct 18 Hurricane Michael death toll reaches at least 30 By Jay Reeves, Associated Press Authorities have recorded deaths relating to Hurricane Michael in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia. Continue reading
Oct 16 Hurricane Michael deaths rise to at least 16 in Florida alone By Jay Reeves, Associated Press The scope of the storm's fury has become clearer after nearly a week of missing-persons reports and desperate searches in the devastated neighborhoods of the Florida Panhandle. Continue reading
Oct 12 As disasters strike, advocates worry FEMA policy changes put disability community at risk By Zoe Rohrich In May, FEMA said it was reducing the number of disability advisors per disaster from 60 to 5. Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 4:28 'Life-threatening' storm surge expected as Hurricane Michael approaches Florida Hurricane Michael strengthened to a Category 3 as it approaches Florida’s Panhandle. In anticipation of landfall Wednesday, the president has already approved emergency federal funding. William Brangham speaks with Ken Graham, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami, for… Continue watching
Oct 03 Arizona dam could fail and flood village after Hurricane Rosa rain By Associated Press Ali Chuk, a Native American community with 162 people on the Tohono O'odham Nation reservation, was being evacuated Tuesday night, the tribe's public safety department said in a statement. Continue reading
Sep 28 Families missing after tsunami sweeps away homes on Indonesian island By Stephen Wright, Ali Kotarumalos, Associated Press Indonesian TV showed a smartphone video of a powerful wave hitting Palu, with people screaming and running in fear. The water smashed into buildings and a large mosque that collapsed under the force. Continue reading
Sep 19 Florence death toll climbs to 37; Trump visits stricken area By Chuck Burton, Martha Waggoner, Associated Press The death toll rose to at least 37 in three states Tuesday, with 27 fatalities in North Carolina, as Florence's remnants went in two directions: Water flowed downstream toward the Carolina coast, and storms raced through the Northeast and in… Continue reading
Sep 17 Florence flooding worries spread as storm heads northeast By Chuck Burton, Associated Press The storm, which is blamed for the deaths of at least 19 people, still had abundant rain and top winds around 30 mph on Monday. Continue reading
Sep 14 Mother and infant are first Hurricane Florence fatalities By Jonathan Drew, Associated Press The Wilmington Police Department said Friday that the two were killed when a tree fell on their house. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 5:11 News Wrap: States declare emergencies as Hurricane Florence powers up In our news wrap Monday, evacuations geared up as Hurricane Florence turned into a menacing Category 4 storm. Florence is on track to make landfall by Friday. Also, the White House pressed again for a federal investigation into who wrote… Continue watching