An employee with the Federal Emergency Management Agency instructed a disaster relief team to avoid houses displaying signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign, the agency’s administrator said Saturday. The employee, who was not named, was fired from her position, Administrator Deanne Criswell said in a post to social media on Saturday, calling it a violation…
Hurricane Milton debris pickup began Monday for much of the Treasure Coast. Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties and the municipalities within them did not specify how long the cleanup effort will take, but they provided these instructions on how to best prepare debris for pickup. Note: Waste Management will not pick up storm…
Cleanup from Hurricane Milton’s destruction was slow going Saturday, with roads in some counties still impassable, resources scarce for some evacuees making their way back home and power only gradually being restored. Milton hit Florida as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday evening and barreled east across the state, wreaking havoc before spinning out into the…
BURNSVILLE, North Carolina ‒ The ongoing loss of cell phone service in Hurricane Helene-impacted areas raises questions for survivors about safety, missed emergency warnings and the inability to reassure far-flung friends and family. Helene knocked out power to wide swaths of the South with both high winds and flooding. The destruction also destroyed cell phone…