~ 139 localities will receive funding ~ RICHMOND – Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today, Sept. 29, $2.7 million in new federal Local Emergency Management Performance Grants (LEMPG) to help localities plan and respond to emergencies in their areas. The Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) will administer funds, which are from the fiscal year 2017 Emergency … Continue reading
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Norfolk seeks citizen input on “green infrastructure” plan
The City of Norfolk is developing a new ‘green infrastructure’ plan. Come learn about Norfolk’s tree canopy, how to better protect the City from storms, reduce flooding, restore habitats and provide more recreation access. Do you want: Less flooding and clean water? Access to fishing and boating? Safer streets and cleaner air? Attractive neighborhoods? Thriving … Continue reading
Gas prices surge higher as drivers rush to fill their tank
ATLANTA (AP) — Gasoline prices rose several cents overnight amid continuing fears of shortages in Texas and other states in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey’s strike on the Gulf Coast. The national average for a gallon of regular gas rose in one day from $2.45 Thursday to $2.52 Friday, the American Automobile Association reported . … Continue reading
Posts, Tweets spread widely as the Harvey missing are sought
HOUSTON (AP) Photos with pleas for help in finding the missing from Hurricane Harvey are being posted, cut-and-pasted and retweeted by thousands of people as desperate family members seek loved ones who they fear might be dead, but may only have a dead phone. No official number of the unaccounted-for had been released Tuesday night … Continue reading
The Latest: Downtown Houston largely deserted
HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Harvey (all times local): 8 a.m. Emergency vehicles made up most of the traffic in downtown Houston on what would have normally been a busy start of the work week. Due to Harvey, the usually bustling business area was mostly deserted Monday morning. The water had receded … Continue reading
The Latest: West Virginia bracing for remnants of Cindy
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Cindy (all times local): 10:50 a.m. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The National Weather Service says it expects heavy rain to spread across West Virginia starting late Thursday and continuing into Saturday. Meteorologists say a combination of two systems — remnants of former Tropical Storm Cindy and … Continue reading
Southern California pounded by intense storm and flooding
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The tail end of a punishing winter storm system lashed California with thunderstorms and severe winds Monday after breaking rainfall records, washing out roads and whipping up enormous waves over the weekend. A thunderstorm brought ashore hail northwest of Los Angeles in Santa Barbara County, where a tornado warning was briefly … Continue reading
Stalled front and tropical storm deluge roads, close schools
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Flooding in coastal Virginia and North Carolina has blocked roads and closed schools for more than 100,000 students. A stalled weather system and the remnants of Tropical Storm Julia have brought days of rain and localized flooding to the region. The rain is expected to continue into Thursday, Sept. 22. The … Continue reading
North Korea mobilizes after floods kill at least 133
TOKYO (AP) — North Korea is mobilizing to deal with a disastrous flood that killed more than 130 people, destroyed tens of thousands of homes and crippled infrastructure in its northern-most province. Brigades of soldiers from around the country have been enlisted to help victims of the flooding, which began Monday, Aug. 29 and was … Continue reading
France creates emergency fund for people affected by floods
PARIS (AP) — France is setting up an emergency fund to help those who lost everything after the worst floods in three decades caused the Seine River to burst its banks. Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Monday after a government meeting that the “return to normality will take time” after unusually intense rains that lashed … Continue reading
Hungarian court acquits 15 charged in 2010 sludge flood case
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A Hungarian court on Thursday, Jan. 28, acquitted 15 employees of a company whose burst reservoir in 2010 flooded three towns with toxic red sludge, killing 10 people. A court in the city of Veszprem said the spill, Hungary’s worst environmental disaster, had been caused by the collapse of a reservoir … Continue reading
Southern California storm causes flash flooding
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Flash flooding sent water, mud and rocks rushing across Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles Thursday, stranding hundreds of vehicles and closing the major north-south thoroughfare. The flooding at Fort Tejon, about 75 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, was part of a storm system that brought downpours across a wide … Continue reading
1 dies in flooding as storms threaten to move up East Coast
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — One person died Thursday, Oct. 1, as heavy flooding submerged cars and closed streets in South Carolina, and the drenching storms were expected to move up the East Coast, a region already walloped by rain. Governors up and down the coast warned residents to prepare. The rains could cause power outages … Continue reading
Shocked city assesses flood damage in Japan; 22 missing
JOSO, Japan (AP) — Happiness is relative — floods may destroy your family’s livelihood and fill your house with mud, but at least it’s standing and you’re alive. “It’s still here!” said 34-year-old Chie Takahashi, one of the first residents to return to her heavily damaged neighborhood Friday, a day after a swollen river poured … Continue reading
More coastal nuisance flooding forecast for coming months
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal scientists said Wednesday they expect nuisance flooding to increase in many places along the nation’s coasts in coming months. A combination of sea level rise from human caused global warming and the giant El Nino will likely combine to increase the type of minor street flooding that causes much inconvenience but … Continue reading
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