FEMA Suppressed Health Warnings for Workers, Katrina Victims
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has suppressed warnings from its own Gulf coast field workers since the middle of 2006 about suspected health problems that may be linked to elevated levels of formaldehyde gas released in FEMA-provided trailers, lawmakers said today.
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Angry residents in  Indonesia&#39;s Aceh have disabled a tsunami warning system after a  false alarm spread panic in a province still traumatized by the  deadly 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, an official said on Thursday.
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Workers who helped clean up after the 9/11 attacks allege they were not protected against toxins.
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Residents whose homes were flooded during Hurricane Katrina can sue the Army Corps of Engineers over claims the agency ignored warnings about defects in a nearby navigation channel, a federal judge ruled Friday.
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Many of the government-supplied  trailers housing thousands of people displaced by Hurricane  Katrina contain potentially dangerous levels of the chemical  formaldehyde, U.S. federal health officials said on Thursday.
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MIAMI -- A person who was staying in a Miami-Dade County hurricane shelter has been removed from the shelter after displaying symptoms of a serious and contagious disease.
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While the Federal Emergency Management Agency rushes to move thousands of Gulf Coast storm victims out of government-issued trailers, scientists are tearing the units apart to learn why many have exposed occupants to dangerous levels of formaldehyde fumes.
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A new congressional report says the Environmental Protection Agency potentially exposed scores of residents, volunteers and workers to asbestos fibers by not doing more to monitor the contaminant in the cleanup after Hurricane Katrina.
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In denouncing the way the Bush administration has denied aid to tens of thousands of victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, a federal judge in Washington last week pulled back the curtain on a deeper mystery 15 months after the nation's costliest natural disaster:
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HAMMOND, La. -- Shortly after noon, FEMA agents began rapping on the trailer doors, their knocks resounding inside the tinny white homes. Everyone in the park, the agents announced without warning, would have to pack and leave within 48 hours.
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The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday lowered the terror warning level a notch for financial institutions in the New York metropolitan area and Washington, saying
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Many people are not being treated properly for a common illness that is a silent killer, a watchdog says.
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The Bush administration was accused of ignoring the health problems that arose among workers who toiled at ground zero and the claims of downtown residents who say they were also sickened by the dust.
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By Joshua Norman, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Dec. 13--GULFPORT -- Construction on the controversial FEMA trailer park site on John Hill Boulevard has been suspended, a FEMA spokesman said.
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HAMMOND, La., March 4 -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday abruptly closed down a trailer site housing Hurricane Katrina victims  because of health and safety concerns. Its  residents said they were once again being left in the lurch since losing everything after the storm hit on...
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Relief workers in Haiti are warning about the growing desperation of flood victims in the aftermath of a tropical storm, Jeanne, that devastated the city of Gonaives a week ago, killing more than 1,100 people and leaving as many as 250,000 homeless.
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Contractors hired to clean up after Hurricane Katrina are fuming over delays in getting paid by FEMA, and some fear the red tape will discourage companies from bidding on the big rebuilding projects that lie ahead for New Orleans.