FEMA Says Ark. to Keep Half of Trailers
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The government has no plans to move at least half of the 10,000 emergency housing trailers sitting empty in Hope, Ark., saying they may be needed for the 2006 hurricane season.
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ROGERS, Ark. - There's a reason Mom says to always have a fresh pair of underwear. The Rogers city attorney learned this week that it's to attract rescue helicopters.
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By Don Jacobs, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Feb. 15--Demolition of the fire-ravaged McClung warehouses came to a halt  Wednesday when state officials ordered testing on the debris until further  hauling is allowed.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday reversed a decision to deny aid to victims of Christmas Day tornadoes in Florida, saying the state needed more help after a series of deadly tornadoes last week.
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By Associated Press  LITTLE ROCK - Some Arkansas legislators are concerned the state may not be able to support an eastern Arkansas irrigation project and they want the nine-year-old $319 million estimate updated.
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The head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conceded Saturday that despite aggressive efforts to repair the levee system in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, it was unclear whether the it could hold up to a sizable hurricane this year.
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President Bush on Wednesday assured the governors of states in the path of Hurricane Ivan of federal aid to deal with damage from the storm.
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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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Officials are promoting a corner of their state as a good place for financial companies to build backup facilities in case of a disaster.
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By Priscilla Frulla, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Dec. 18--BILOXI -- More than 31,000 trailers are still in use in South Mississippi. With government housing scheduled to end in just two months, many people still don't have a clue where they will go. Gov.
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The Legislature on Thursday approved most of a half-billion-dollar aid package for victims of the four hurricanes that ravaged the state this year.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Residents left homeless by Hurricane Charley's 145 mph winds dug through their ravaged homes on Sunday, sweeping up shattered glass and rescuing what they could as President Bush promised rapid delivery of disaster aid...
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By Ryan Lafontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 9--HANCOCK COUNTY -- Rebuilding delayed due to faulty septic tanks   Thousands of property owners hoping to rebuild their homes here will soon find they are stuck between a rock and a smelly place.
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A week after Hurricane Katrina, a FEMA official in charge of streamlining the flow of disaster aid issued a directive that would have cut through the red tape and expedited a staggering 1,029 rebuilding projects and $5.3 billion.
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To ease Florida's gasoline supply  concerns after being hit by two hurricanes and with another  storm approaching, the Bush administration said it will extend  a wavier from federal requirements for selling clean-burning  motor fuel in the state.
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LITTLE ROCK, AR - A national review has placed Arkansas in the lower half of states when it comes to bioterrorism preparedness. But the state Health Department says major improvements in recent months were not considered in the review.
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The Bush administration will allow some construction of homes, shops, schools, prisons, hospitals and other buildings in flood plains without formal environmental reviews, despite the lessons of Hurricane Katrina.