Flood-Damaged Ohio Counties Low on Food
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Ohio communities that were damaged by last week's flooding from remnants of Hurricane Ivan are running dangerously low on food and other supplies, aid workers said Friday.
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By WILLIAM KATES  ROSCOE, N.Y. - Searchers slogged through mud looking for flood victims among crumpled cars, snapped trees and rubble scattered by a rushing "wall of water" that left at least one person dead.
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QUETTA, Pakistan  - Water levels are falling in some parts of flood-hit Pakistan, enabling rescuers to reach areas cut off for days, but more bad weather is on the way, officials said on Monday.
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Storms slammed rain-soaked Ohio on Saturday and hundreds of thousands of people in the Midwest were without power after their homes were battered by lashing winds and flooding rains.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 4--Union County is running out of both water and sewer capacity in fast-growing western parts of the county.
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The UN food agency says it has received less than 20% of the funds it asked for flood victims in Bangladesh.
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More than 76,000 meals and snacks have been served to hurricane-ravaged counties in Florida, with thousands more available from federal, local and private agencies, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Monday.
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The remnants of Hurricane Frances washed out water lines or sanitation systems in several mountain towns, leaving tens of thousands of people without drinking water early Thursday. Flooding throughout the Appalachian Mountains contributed to two deaths in Ohio.
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By Greg Kocher, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Sep. 24--As floodwaters rose throughout Central Kentucky, firefighters had a busy night rescuing people from homes and stranded vehicles.   The Montgomery County Fire Department was especially stretched between 3:30 and 4 a.m.
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GONAIVES, Haiti  - More than a week after floods  devastated this impoverished Haitian city, aid workers were  struggling to bring food and clean water to thousands of  residents, some still perched on roofs.
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By The Lima News, Ohio  Dec. 8--Volunteer fire departments in Allen, Hancock, Hardin, Logan and Shelby counties received grants from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to purchase wild land personal protective equipment.  The grants go to communities with fewer than 10,000 people.
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By DYLAN T. LOVAN  LOUISVILLE, Ky. - With a dozen people dead from weekend flooding in the Midwest and South, residents were busy shoveling mud from homes and businesses that were inundated with water.
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By GREG EDWARDS  A state Senate committee rejected a request by Buchanan County residents to limit the dumping of salty mine water into a tributary of the Ohio River.  Consolidation Coal Co. has received a state permit to dump salty water from its Buchanan No.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Jun. 24--The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will accept comments through Saturday on a fund established in connection with fires and odors at a southern Stark County landfill.
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Bad weather, smashed infrastructure and logistical snarls have made it difficult to get food and medical supplies to survivors.
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Haitians struggle to grasp a tin of food as a shipment of aid arrives in Gonaives, five days after floods inundated the city. Photo: AFP.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Feb. 21--The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is recommending that a southern Stark County landfill where an underground fire is believed to be burning not get a required operating license.