Tag: Disaster planning and response
Detroit going green to help slow flooding during heavy rains
DETROIT — Massive amounts of green are being spent to find “green” ways to prevent basements, yards, streets and freeways in Detroit from flooding...
Tropical Storm Elsa headed to landfall on central Cuba coast
HAVANA — Tropical Storm Elsa swept along Cuba's southern coast early Monday, and forecasters said it could make landfall on the island's central shore...
Tribe becomes key water player with drought aid to Arizona
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — For thousands of years, an Arizona tribe relied on the Colorado River's natural flooding patterns to farm. Later, it hand-dug ditches...
Cyprus asks EU, Israel for help fighting huge forest fire
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus asked fellow European Union nations on Saturday to help battle a huge forest fire in a mountainous region of the...
Businesses, schools close as storm Elsa nears Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Officials in St. Vincent and the Grenadines closed schools, businesses and an international airport on Friday as the eastern...
Canada hunts for survivors of fire that destroyed small town
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Officials on Friday hunted for any missing residents of a British Columbia town destroyed by wildfire as Canadian Prime Minister...
PG&E seeks $3.6 billion in rate hikes for wildfire safety
SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric asked regulators Wednesday to grant a $3.6 billion rate hike to help it pay for hardening its...
Tropical Storm Enrique misses direct hit on Baja resorts
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico — Tropical Storm Enrique swirled to the east of the tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, missing a direct hit...
As wildfires rage, Biden will raise federal firefighter pay
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to temporarily raise pay for federal firefighters to ensure that no one fighting wildland fires is making...
‘Not fun’: Northwest heat wave builds, all-time records fall
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's largest city broke its all-time heat record on Saturday. It could beat the new mark on Sunday.
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