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Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were ...
Before modern forecasting, hurricanes were mass casualty events. The 1900 Galveston Hurricane killed over 8,000 people, ...
A Washington Post investigation reveals why so few people evacuated in the state hit hardest by last year’s deadliest ...
Hurricane preparedness items like batteries, portable generators and tarps are permanently exempt from state sales tax.
In the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Helene, a state medical team and FEMA contractors abruptly evacuated a remote clinic in Yancey County, North Carolina — not because of the storm, but due to ...
Hurricane Milton pushed the region’s rivers to their limits. Here’s how you can keep tabs on water levels this season. We asked readers for their most important lessons learned from hurricanes Helene ...
The case is being closed, and no further action will be taken,” First Judicial District Attorney Steven Finney said.
Hurricane Emergency Information Here are the latest evacuation maps (interactive and printable), shelter locations and emergency information provided by your county: ...
Florida lacks the hilly topography that supercharged torrential rain into deadly inundations in Central Texas over the July Fourth weekend, but a host of factors make the Sunshine State the most flood ...