‘This is your Hurricane Katrina’: Former FEMA heads describe long road ahead for L.A.
Craig Fugate, who led the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the Obama administration, has seen a lot of natural disasters. ...
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Black boxes on crashed Jeju Air flight that killed 179 stopped recording 4 minutes before disaster todayheadline
Investigators said the boxes were crucial to their probe but added they would not give up on trying to find ...
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LA inferno could inflict a $150 billion economic wound, with a grueling 10-year recovery ahead todayheadline
Higher material and labor costs as well as increased demand for contractors could slow the process, expert says. Read More
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Polymarket shouldn’t allow people to bet on the L.A. fires
In our sporting corner of the world, betting is everywhere.Consider Major League Baseball: The league has official gaming partners, the ...
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Column: Compassion and decency lost amid wildfires as California foes play politics
California’s burning and its political foes are practically dancing in the flames and reveling in the ashes.From the mountains to ...
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As disaster raged around them, hired hands kept working to pay the bills
As an enormous plume of dark gray smoke rose hundreds of feet from the nearby Palisades fire on Wednesday afternoon, ...
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LA fires underscore how much California has to lose if Trump withholds disaster aid todayheadline
In summaryThe federal government typically covers 75% of rebuilding costs after a major disaster. President-elect Trump has threatened to withhold ...
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California storm disaster: A storm in California turns deadly as waves destroy coastal towns todayheadline
Waves in a California storm cause havoc in coastal communities and turn deadly. When a pier collapsed in Santa Cruz, ...
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Here’s a look at the $100 billion in disaster relief in the government spending bill
WASHINGTON -- Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid designed to address extensive damage caused by disasters ...
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