Hurricane victims returning to damaged houses face a torrent of challenges – if they’re lucky enough to have a home standing at all. Flooding. Mold damage. Insurance headaches. Deadly hidden hazards.
On the night Helene arrived, my husband, Bruce, and I half-slept through the pounding rain and raging wind and the alerts blasting from our smartphones: trees down and catastrophic flooding across ...
Niemeyer, assistant chief with the Jefferson City Fire Department (JCFD), was deployed as a member of Missouri Task Force 1's urban search and rescue team through the Boone County Fire Protection ...
Bruce and I didn’t know that many people when the storm hit. Soon after the storm, we know nearly everyone remaining, everyone who hasn’t left to shelter elsewhere. Our community has always had an ...