Recovery

Gov. Ned Lamont has formally requested federal disaster relief to help the state recover from the historic floods that destroyed 80 businesses and 19 homes. The state is also asking to join FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

Initial reports show fires have destroyed as many as 28 homes and 73 structures. Much of the damage has been to grazing land and livestock, heavily impacting the ranching community in eastern Oregon.

The slide area remained unstable, authorities said Monday. A team of geologists was expected to evaluate the potential for additional ground movement Monday morning before crews start the recovery process.

Liberty Mutual is retiring the "antiquated" technology it uses to manage the dwelling fire policies, "and it is not feasible to create a new system to support this product in California."

On Sunday night as the rain continued to pour down, the tiny culvert through which the South Branch Bullet Hill Brook escapes became clogged with debris, and that ridgeline acted like a dam, water piling up on the far side.

While floodwaters have largely receded and the majority of roads across the Danbury area have reopened, officials said they're working to repair damage to roads and assisting residents, including some in Danbury, who were displaced.

The days and weeks immediately after the storm will be what Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Commissioner William Turner called the "initial damage assessment phase."

Big Basin will take a significant step toward recovery, as the California Department of Parks and Recreation holds its first public meeting to unveil three options for rebuilding the 18,000-acre park’s facilities.

Unlike most other high-profile U.S. mass school shootings in the past decade, including a recent one at Michigan State University, there has never been a so-called After Action Review of the attack on Oxford High School.

New Yorkers in some counties whose property was damaged in last week's storm can apply for funding for repairs from the Division of Homes and Community Renewal. The state is working to determine if federal funds are also available.

"We're taking all necessary actions now to prepare and will have crews in position at our work centers throughout the state before the storm hits so they can get to any damage locations and restore power quickly and safely.”

Residents must bring a completed form to the city clerk's office. A third-party company, not the city, will determine whether applicants are eligible for assistance and notify them of their determination, according to a Facebook post.

The Coast Guard National Response Center received a report on the spill but refused to release it without a public records request. The Louisiana State Police also would not immediately release a report.

The backup system allowed dispatchers to continue taking calls through the outage. The affected Owensboro- Daviess County, Ky., 911 dispatch center’s computer-aided dispatch system was down, so dispatchers had to log some call details on paper.

Violent storms ripped across the region early on July 16, downing trees and cutting power to thousands. The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado with winds up to 90 mph had raked across the city’s south side.

Emergency management officials used that data to create their own internal outage map to track who was without power, a feat that took half a day's time the Tuesday after the storm and took time away from being able to respond to those in need.

People who live along and frequent this stretch of Cooke County, including those in the city of Valley View, are still recovering from the evening of May 25, when high-wind storms and tornadoes blew through the area.

“And it lifted me about a foot off the ground or so. I thought I was going to flip my truck, but then it grabbed ahold of the front end and spun it. I did like a 360 and ended up four parking spots away from where I parked.”