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This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When a rainstorm slammed California's Russian River watershed in December 2012, water rushed into Lake Mendocino, a reservoir north of San Francisco.
In this Jan. 9, 2018 image from video provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a woman and an infant are hoisted aboard a Coast Guard helicopter as they are rescued from a flood-damaged home in Montecito, Calif. Flash floods on Tuesday swept immense amounts of mud, water and debris down from foothills that were stripped of brush by a recent wildfire.
President Donald Trump reportedly described Haiti and a slew of other nations as "shithole countries" while meeting with lawmakers about immigration policy yesterday. If you expected more from from him, then you probably expect too much.
The number of missing after a California mudslide has fluctuated wildly, due to shifting definitions, the inherent uncertainty that follows a natural disaster, and just plain human error. On Thursday, the number provided by authorities went from 48, down to eight, then back up to 43. Officials say a clerical mistake led to the figure of eight being released.
Rescue workers slogged through knee-deep ooze and used long poles to probe ... . Bill Asher walks through mud in his home damaged by storms in Montecito, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018.
US Coast Guard video shows more helicopter rescues from the southern California mudslides. A man, a girl and a dog were plucked from the roof of their home on Tuesday.
Anxious family members awaited word on loved ones Wednesday as rescue crews searched grimy debris and ... . A firefighter walks among the rocks and mud left by a mudslide Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, in Montecito, Calif.
USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture in November awarded $2.8 million in grants to support rural health. Of the nine awards funded by NIFA's Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grant Program, six were designed specifically to prevent and reduce opioid abuse.
With people across the country dying at the rate of 53 a day from overdoses of fentanyl and similar compounds - now the leading killers in the opioid epidemic - efforts to stop this scourge ought to come from every corner of the federal government. But even as President Trump has declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency , some agencies have failed to act as if it is one.
The Republican-led Florida Legislature could wind up spending the next two months in yet another round of bruising budget battles. Florida legislators will kick off their annual session Tuesday with some simple math problems.
If you are about Trumped out after this week, here are a few things going on outside the Beltway. Even as the East Coast groans in a deep freeze, the West is warmer than usual.
BREAKING NEWS: Trump's lawyer tries to BAN publication of explosive book with cease and desist letter to author and publisher 'Dumb as s***, a dope, and a f***ing idiot': Trump's top officials and billionaire confidants including Rupert Murdoch let loose on what they really think about the president I've got DOZENS of tapes of hours of interviews Michael Wolff tells friends as he says White House sources simply walked over to his hotel to spill 'You can't make this s*** up': How Trump's aides '100% came to believe he was incapable of functioning in his job' The 'bomb cyclone' has detonated! Whiteout storm hits the Northeast with heavy snow and gale-force winds - closing schools and causing traffic chaos as plows run around-the-clock to clear roads and more than 3,300 flights are cancelled The simple tweaks that will make healthy meals even BETTER for you 'I slept with five of his ... (more)
A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. Forecasters warned that the same system could soon strengthen into a "bomb cyclone" as it rolls up the East Coast, bringing hurricane-force winds, coastal flooding and up to a foot of snow.
"Water policy: both flooding, drought and clean water could be a major issue in the session this year," Democratic Senator Rob Hogg said. "Water quality should not be a partisan issue.
A fire was reported Wednesday afternoon at a New York home associated with Bill and Hillary Clinton, but the fire is out and nobody was injured, said Sgt. Arthur Mendoza of the New Castle Police Department.
Temperatures plummeted overnight to 2 degrees in the north Georgia mountains, 14 in Atlanta and 26 as far south as New Orleans as the... . Steam rises above the waters of the Mississippi River underneath the Eads Bridge as the temperature hovers around -1 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, in St. Louis.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency supported 59 major disaster declarations and 16 emergency declarations in 2017, a year during which unprecedented disasters affected more than 25 million Americans, almost eight percent of the U.S. population. In its year-end review, FEMA notes it was a record busy year for FEMA employees and for state and local emergency responders across the country, as well for the federal flood insurance program, which FEMA manages.
After almost a year in office, President Donald Trump still hasn't appointed a director for the White House Office of National AIDS Policy. He's proposed cutting millions of dollars from HIV and AIDS prevention programs.
Recently we noted Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly had urged President Trump to follow through on his promise to declare the ongoing opioid crisis a national emergency and direct federal resources to address the epidemic. Like Donnelly, we believe this insidious issue constitutes immediate attention.
Ginger root lying on a brown paper sack Can liberty and justice win our country back? Praying for my life not to be As useless as a plastic bag tangled a stream. As a walk through the woods Or as a ship on the sea Visions fearful but beautiful Speak comfort to me.