DISASTERS
THE NEW FORTY It is not a question of if...
Of all the hazards we face in this area of the country, the hazard I personally fear the most is a tornado. There are number of reasons why this hazard is at the the top of my list, but the primary re...
Posted on 5/21/13 at 9:36 PM
NDAD INSIGHTS If you have special needs, emergency preparedness plan should be high priority
With flood risks about to increase quickly in parts of the Northern Plains, and with a spring and summer of weather warnings ahead, the need for emergency preparedness becomes more apparent. Thats es...
Posted on 4/24/13 at 1:02 PM
NOT ALONE MOM Resolutions and Fire Extinguishers
Written By: Laura Rouse-DeVore Today we ring in the year 2013. I am wondering how everyone is doing with their New Years resolutions? Did you make any? I think that prayerfully setting goals for ours...
Posted on 1/1/13 at 11:41 AM
Flood-stressed Ramsey County asks North Dakota for road funding 
Devils Lake damages more roads than county can affordThe Ramsey County Commission committed the county to completing an estimated $7.6 million worth of flood-related road-raise construction projects.
By Kevin Bonham , November 01, 2011
North Dakota flood disaster aid exceeds $400 million
The Federal Emergency Management Agency also says more than 1,200 people are now living in temporary housing the agency has set up.
By Associated Press , November 01, 2011
Climate panel draft report: Freakish weather taking place more often, at huge cost
This marks a change in climate science from focusing on subtle changes in daily average temperatures to concentrating on the harder-to-analyze freak events that grab headlines, cause economic damage and kill people.
By Seth Borenstein , November 01, 2011
TURKEY: Boy surviving on rain water pulled uninjured from quake wreckage
A 13-year-old boy was pulled from a collapsed building without injury today, five days after Turkey's powerful earthquake struck, and state-run TV said he survived by drinking rain water that seeped through cracks in the wreckage around him.
By Burhan Ozbilici and Suzan Fraser , October 28, 2011
USDA issues ag disaster declaration
Farmers in ND, Minn. counties can apply for federal assistanceNorth Dakota’s Grand Forks County and 41 other North Dakota counties are included in a disaster declaration issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, making farmers in those counties eligible for emergency loan assistance.
By Chuck Haga , October 26, 2011
TURKEY: Man loses mother, wife, 4 children in quake
Murat Sonmez's mother, wife and four daughters were crushed to death in their home by Turkey's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, leaving him so distraught he found it difficult to speak.
By Selcan Hacaoglu and Suzan Fraser , October 26, 2011
UPDATE: 2-week-old Turkish baby, mom, grandma rescued from quake rubble; toll reaches 459 dead, 1,352 injured
VIDEO: Bottom of articleAfter 48 hours, a miracle emerged from a narrow slit in rubble of a Turkish apartment building: a 2-week-old baby girl, half-naked but still breathing.
By Selcan Hacaoglu , October 25, 2011
TURKEY: Prisoners, panicked by quake aftershock, start riot
The private Dogan agency says the inmates set bedding on fire at the 1,000-capacity prison in the eastern city of Van this evening, after 5.4-magnitude aftershock caused panic across Van province, which was hit by a killer quake on Sunday.
By Selcan Hacaoglu , October 25, 2011
Turkey quake death toll rises to 279; at least 5 pulled from rubble alive
VIDEO: Scroll down pageDozens of people were trapped in mounds of concrete, twisted steel and construction debris after hundreds of buildings in two cities and mud-brick homes in nearby villages pancaked or partially collapsed in Sunday's earthquake.
By Selcan Hacaoglu and Suzan Fraser , October 24, 2011
TURKEY: 7.2 quake causes damage, casualties
Only one death was immediately confirmed, but scientists estimated that up to 1,000 people could have been killed.
By Selcan Hacaoglu and Suzan Fraser , October 23, 2011
Fed disaster bill blocked by Senate
The Democratic-led Senate has blocked a House-passed bill that would provide disaster aid and pay to keep federal agencies open, escalating the latest partisan clash over spending.
By Alam Fram , September 23, 2011
OUR OPINION: Don’t hold disaster relief hostage
In 2005, Slate magazine asked an interesting question: When it comes to natural disasters, is any U.S. locality safe? The online magazine’s bottom-line answer: No.
By Tom Dennis , September 23, 2011
HIMALAYA: Rescuers in helicopters reach quake villages
Rescue workers dug through mudslides as they struggled today to reach thousands of villagers cut off by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 53 people and damaged more than 100,000 homes in mountainous northeastern India, Nepal and Tibet.
By Altaf Quadri , September 19, 2011
UPDATE: Calm chaos followed Reno air show disaster; 10th person dies
VIDEO: VIP spectator captures Reno crash; scroll to bottom of articleWitnesses were spattered with blood and pieces of flesh, yet video of the scene shows paramedics, police and spectators attending to the wounded with a control that seems contradictory to the devastation. Officials and those in the tightly-knit air racing community credit not only a detailed plan for just such a crash, but the type of people at the event.
By Don Thompson and Scott Sonner , September 19, 2011
Flood disaster aid in North Dakota nears $350 million
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says federal and state disaster assistance has surpassed $336 million. About 10,000 people have registered for help so far, with the deadline for applications just days away.
By Associated Press , September 19, 2011
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