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Tropical Storm Beta forecast to make landfall late Monday

September 21, 2020 EDM Digest Staff

Parts of Texas and Louisiana braced Monday for flooding and damaging storm surge as Tropical Storm Beta slowly worked its way into a part of the country that’s already been drenched and battered during this year’s exceptionally busy hurricane season.

Emergency Management News

Desert homes threatened by enormous California wildfire

September 21, 2020 EDM Digest Staff

An enormous wildfire that churned through mountains northeast of Los Angeles and into the Mojave Desert was still threatening homes on Monday, but officials said calmer winds could help crews corral the flames.

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Pandemic: Airlines Still Struggle to Regain Customers and Cargo

September 18, 2020 EDM Digest Staff

The coronavirus pandemic is not only affecting passenger travel, but also the transportation of goods and the continuity of the supply chain.

Emergency Management News

New Storms Trail Sally in Record-Setting Hurricane Season

September 18, 2020 David Hubler

In a hurricane season that is currently on a record pace, Hurricane Sally is just a harbinger of things to come. Behind Sally is a series of storms lining up in the Caribbean and Atlantic oceans heading west toward the U.S. mainland.

Coronavirus

US outlines sweeping plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccines

September 16, 2020 EDM Digest Staff

The government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, assuming a safe and effective shot is developed.

Emergency Management News

Hurricane Sally unleashes flooding along the Gulf Coast

September 16, 2020 EDM Digest Staff

Hurricane Sally lumbered ashore near the Florida-Alabama line Wednesday with 105 mph (165) winds and rain measured in feet, not inches, swamping homes and trapping people in high water.

Emergency Management News

State and OSHA Officials Probe Seattle Pier Collapse

September 15, 2020 David Hubler

Amid five days of heavy smoke from wildfires rated as unhealthy to hazardous, Washington state and federal safety inspectors are investigating the collapse Sunday of a pier on Seattle’s waterfront that injured several workers.

Emergency Management News

Wildfires intensify economic pain in the West

September 14, 2020 EDM Digest Staff

The wildfires consuming the forests of California and Oregon and darkening the skies over San Francisco and Portland are also damaging a regional economy already singed by the coronavirus outbreak.

Education

911 Calls for the Homeless Offer Unique Challenges

September 11, 2020 EDM Digest Staff

Should social workers respond to violations by a homeless person instead of police? Statistics reveal the homeless, who often suffer from mental illness, engage in troubling criminal behavior. As a compromise, some agencies have created a homeless outreach program with officers, medics, and mental health professionals. Learn the pros and cons of such a program.