EMA director Russell Weeden stated the county now has two of the four storm shelters up and running. One is located in Akron and the other in Sawyerville, both shelters are expected to hold 50 people.

SO BE LOOKING FOR THAT. WINDS ARE NOW DOWN TO 35MPH WITH FRANCINE, SO IT IS NO LONGER A TROPICAL STORM. THE LATEST ADVISORY HERE WAS JUST ISSUED. THIS IS A 7:00 ADVISORY. THIS IS NOW TROPICAL ...

The city’s first storm shelter is set to be built behind the Smiths Station Government Center at 2336 Lee Road 430. The completion goal is a year from now. According to the City of Smiths ...

That means county residents may apply for a rebate when they build a storm shelter that meets the program’s requirements. A safe room is a hardened structure specifically designed to meet the ...

Three days after a massive storm swamped this landlocked city, the shelter at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, known locally as A-B Tech, was at capacity with 149 people ...

A load of 14 dogs from a South Carolina’s storm-damaged Aiken County Animal Shelter are due to arrive at the Potter League for Animals in Middletown, Rhode Island, on Thursday morning ...

The shelter animals will be distributed around ... More than 100 dogs and cats arrived in Wisconsin on Wednesday, Oct. 2 from storm-ravaged South Carolina. Long before their arrival, Maggie ...

Jenkins moved to reopen the facility as a community space for those without adequate shelter to ride out the storm. "I was like, well, we could have stayed home or utilize this space and be able ...

said they would open nine shelters throughout the county for residents in mandatory evacuation zones as well as people whose homes are vulnerable to storm surge, flooding and wind damage.

Flood evacuees from across Haywood County found refuge in an emergency shelter operated by the county at the former National Guard Armory near Haywood Community College. Work began Wednesday to set up ...