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A grizzly bear mauled a bow hunter in southwestern Montana, slashing a 16-inch cut in his head that required 90 stitches to close. A grizzly bear mauled a bow hunter in southwestern Montana, slashing a 16-inch cut in his head that required 90 stitches to close.
A local drug task force isn't waiting for the opioid epidemic to be declared a state or national emergency. They already are working to clear the streets of drug dealers, leaders of the Trumbull Ashtabula Group Law Enforcement Task Force said.
The National Hurricane Center said at 0300 GMT that the storm was packing top sustained winds of 140 mph . "Additional strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours," the NHC warned.
A man whose cellphone was wrecked by floodwater is staying at a convention center, waiting for government offices to reopen Tuesday. While the number of evacuees seeking refuge in Houston's emergency shelters has dwindled, many thousands of people are still in dire need of housing.
While the number of evacuees seeking refuge in Houston's emergency shelters dwindled 10 days after Harvey struck, many people who had left by Monday still faced dire housing needs.
The federal flood insurance program is on a course to continue falling deeper in debt, even when there is no catastrophic storm like Katrina or Harvey. The National Flood Insurance Program is currently on a path that will lead to a shortfall of $1.4 billion because its method for setting premiums has underestimated how much its claims will cost by about $1.1 billion and also because legislated surcharges are about $300 million shy of what's needed to cover premium discounts given to certain properties, according to the Congressional Budget Office report, National Flood Insurance Program Financial Soundness and Affordability .
Officials across the northeastern Caribbean canceled airline flights, shuttered schools and urged people to hunker down indoors as Hurricane Irma barreled toward the region as a powerful Category 4 storm expected to strengthen more before nearing land late Tuesday. States of emergency were declared in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and all of Florida while people on various Caribbean islands boarded up homes and rushed to find last-minute supplies, forming long lines outside supermarkets and gas stations.
As many people across Southwest Florida recover from record-breaking rainfall, some homeowners are wondering if their properties are covered in the event of another round of flooding. It's a common misconception that can cost homeowners thousands of dollars after a severe storm, once they realize that not all insurance is created equal.
While the number of evacuees seeking refuge in Houston's emergency shelters dwindled 10 days after Harvey struck, many people who had left by Monday still faced dire housing needs. Some returned to public housing complexes inundated with sewage and mud.
Hurricane Irma grew into a powerful Category 4 storm Monday as it approached the northeastern Caribbean and was forecast to begin buffeting the region Tuesday. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph late Monday afternoon, and the U.S. National Hurricane Center said additional strengthening was expected.
For more than a week, the world watched as grim images from southeast Texas were broadcast on television and social media -- homes along the coast torn apart by hurricane winds, inland communities flooded by a record-setting tropical storm. The full extent of the devastation remains unclear, and FEMA chief Brock Long says the recovery effort will take years.
In this July 28, 2017 photo, the Capitol is seen during a heavy rain in Washington. Harvey has scrambled the equation for Congress as lawmakers return to Washington Tuesday.
President Trump's handling in recent days of his first natural disaster as commander-in-chief will be in the spotlight Sunday as the morning shows focus on the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Trump returned to Texas on Saturday for his second trip in less than a week after intense flooding rocked southeastern parts of the state and portions of Louisiana, displacing thousands and claiming the lives of at least 47 people .
In the wake of the natural disaster in the Gulf Coast, people across the U.S. have sent clothes, supplies, food and financial donations to those affected by Hurricane Harvey. Within the last year, Becky Henning has been working to brand and manufacture a product she helped invent called the Shower Towel.
A week after Harvey made landfall in Texas, families are having funerals for some of the storm's victims and going back to their homes to see if those can be saved. A look at what's happening: The death toll from the storm has reached 42. Families who lost loved ones are remembering the victims during funerals and memorial services.
As the peak of hurricane season approaches, South Jersey Gas reminds its customers that preparation is the best way to stay safe when a storm arrives. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sept.
In this Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 photo, Gordon Prendergast poses with the kayak he bought to see how his house in Houston's western neighborhoods fared after Harvey caused flooding in land that not long ago had been open prairie. Tens of thousands of homes were inundated when floodwater roared around the edge of Houston's Addicks Dam for the first time in its 70-year history.
Miguel Moncado, of Oxford Contractors, guts a flood-damaged home in the Meyerland neighborhood in Houston after Hurricane Harvey on Friday Sept, 1, 2017. HOUSTON >> Nearly a week after Harvey crashed into the Texas coastline, the storm chased more people out of their homes Friday after dumping heavy rain on Louisiana, and Houston planned a water release that could keep as many as 20,000 homes flooded for up to 15 days.
A week after Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas Gulf Coast, the Trump Administration is asking Congress for almost $8 billion in disaster relief funds, in what could be the first installment of a recovery effort that may well be the most expensive ever for the federal government in dealing with a domestic natural disaster. "These additional Federal resources would enable the affected States to address disaster response and immediate recovery needs in the areas most affected by Hurricane Harvey, said White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney in a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan.