Response

The storm is anticipated to develop into a hurricane by the time it arrives on the Gulf Coast. The Texas Division of Emergency Management is readying a 24-hour operations center and other additional resources.

Members of Congress met in Lahaina this week to evaluate what worked and what didn't in the government's response to the August 2023 fire that destroyed most of the town and killed 102.

Apalachee High School staff just this year started wearing badges with a form of ID from Centegix that allows them to alert administrators and first responders of an emergency, including Wednesday's deadly shooting.

“It has since come to our attention that a technological error occurred with our messaging software, and not all families received our initial notification,” the school wrote on its website.

Chief Mike Lee said the technology is part of the Flock Safety law enforcement system, which also includes license plate readers in Anderson and in several other locations in Madison County.

The Network Coverage Enhancement is the second major initiative this year investing a total of $8 billion over the next 10 years, expanding the network and increasing coverage.

The Coffee Pot Fire that started southeast of the town of Three Rivers in Tulare County grew from 3,678 acres on Tuesday to 5,044 acres by Wednesday evening, and has no containment, according to park officials.

The latest example played out on Aug. 18, when a slow-moving storm system approached Northeastern states from the Great Lakes. Within 12 hours, the area saw two 1,000-year rainfalls just 35 miles apart.

The Custer County Sheriff’s Office issued evacuation orders for residents near Stanley Lake Friday and encouraged other Stanley residents to be ready to leave should conditions worsen.

The Iowa United First Aid program enlists volunteers who are on standby and equipped with basic first aid gear to help on EMS calls, and a specialized software connects them to 911 callers in need.

As rates of COVID-19 surge and the long-term threat of bird flu is on the horizon, experts say the lack of a national health system and coordinated messaging put the U.S. at risk for another pandemic.

The platform will add to the county’s phone-based 911 system with an end-to-end solution that will include CAD, records management, and expanded data storage and processing ability.

Project 2025 targets NOAA, which oversees the Weather Service, as “one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry” and, as such, a threat to “future U.S. prosperity … It should be broken up and downsized.”

A former firefighter has developed an environmentally friendly aerial suppression system using expanding foam that the company says is far more efficient in putting out fires than other methods.

A survey found that less than 40 percent of agencies spend at least 10 percent of their budget on prevention, while 42 percent said they don't use any software to detect and monitor fires.

Tide gauge data shows Mississippi Coast waters rose 8 inches in the last 30 years. Scientists predict the water will rise 18 inches in the next three decades and could rise another 3.84 feet by the end of this century.

First responders and law enforcement were helping save people from the flood waters, which officials said rose so rapidly in a couple of neighborhoods that they reached porches and people’s waists.

High-tide flooding has increased by 250 percent in the Pacific Islands and by 350 percent in the western Gulf since 2000, but projections suggest fewer events in 2024.