...roads. That makes travel difficult, Plumb said.The sewage lagoon was completely submerged, prompting state emergency managers to call for experts to gauge contamination. The flood, which began Sunday, threatened to breach a dike protecting...
...residents have begun to repair their homes in a flood-raked town in Alaska's interior instead of waiting for state emergency managers to officially assess the widespread damage.About 90 percent of the homes in Galena were affected by last week's...
...toward insolvency - so dire that a state-appointed emergency manager recently arrived to take over - is that public services...mismanagement that squandered city resources. By the time emergency manager Kevyn Orr took over city finances in March, local...
...Alaska Broadcasters Association, and local emergency management officials.During Tsunami Preparedness Week, emergency managers urge coastal residents to review information on what to do in the event of a tsunami. NOAA's West Coast and Alaska...
...Alaska Broadcasters Association, and local emergency management officials.During Tsunami Preparedness Week, emergency managers urge coastal residents to review information on what to do in the event of a tsunami. NOAA's West Coast and Alaska...
...level. He brought his family home about one hour later when he received an all-clear Twitter message from a Craig emergency manager.Unlike in Sitka, there was no siren in Craig (it was broken at the time). Andrews got out of bed and moving...
...Parrish said.With the resulting forecasts, citizens can be warned with sufficient lead time for preparation, and emergency managers, first responders and power companies can prepare for severe storms and the aftermath, he said.A lot of the...
...to make.The borough's disaster declaration immediately opened up $5,000 in emergency funds, said borough emergency manager Wendie Schaeffer, who is based in the regional hub town of Kotzebue, 80 miles southeast of Kivalina. The money...
...pets that a lot of them, if their pets can't go to a shelter, they aren't going to go," said Eric Mohrmann, emergency manager with the Kenai Peninsula Borough.While the final plan for housing pets has yet to be integrated into the borough's...
...windows and seek higher ground.Emergency managers said Wednesday afternoon that...Tununak and Kipnuk, state emergency managers said earlier Wednesday.Jeremy...toxic spills.The state and emergency managers in the villages have long prepared...
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