Disaster Management
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Every community has a festival, fair or event that could be a target for violence, like the Gilroy Garlic Festival
Crews are working to free about 2,500 people trapped by flash floods and mudslides after thunderstorms tore through the area
At least 100 ambulances have been sent to the area where 70 homes were buried and 158 more were hit
A tree fell on couple’s tent and their 13-year-old son suffered life-threatening injuries; hospitals were treating more than two dozen patients as of Thursday afternoon
Although the search ended in April after 42 bodies were found, workers had been screening debris for the body of 44-year-old Molly Kristine “Kris” Regelbrugge
Rescue crews responded to multiple injuries after intense thunderstorms sent trees crashing onto campsites
A 42-year-old woman was found dead in the water Monday after boating during the storm; a 40-year-old man she was with is missing
The strike injured seven other people; two were taken to the hospital by ambulance
The firefighter, identified as Lt. Stu Tudor, had to be resuscitated, and was listed in critical condition in the intensive care unit
He was pulling down the garage when it hit, and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries
Karen Sykes’ body was found in Seattle’s Mount Rainier National Park and her death has been ruled an accident
Emergency crews and residents spent the evening sifting through demolished homes and businesses
Rare, duel twisters converged into one massive tornado, causing significant damage near Stanton, Neb.
The kit contains an identification photograph and a list of a person’s medications, prescriptions and family contacts
One of the twisters hitting near a junior golf tournament injured a caddy and flipped an empty trailer
Continuous ice fall and rock fall make the area too dangerous for rescuers
The sheriff said the slide remains to unstable for searchers to continue
The injured were in their trailers when the tornado struck and didn’t have time to take shelter
All that was left of some of the eight vehicles were charred hunks of nearly indiscernible metal after almost zero visibility led to a chain reaction of rear-end collisions
The building will take months to repair, but EMS workers say they’re glad it was their empty building and not a home were someone could have been injured or killed
Certified as an EMT in the 1970s, she began disaster relief work after 9/11
Dozens of ambulances drove back and forth to carry the rising number of bodies as well as injured workers extracted from the mine
One Florida woman died when she drove her car into high water, officials said
The transition was marked by gathering 200 firefighters, National Guard members, first responders and volunteers for a ceremony punctuated by a lone bagpiper who played “Amazing Grace”
There were about 15 patients in hospital rooms and eight or nine in the ER when it struck.
Rescuers linked hands and waded through an area where wood frame homes had been heavily damaged