Items Tagged with 'disaster response'

Trump administration long-awaited final report on agency reforms, which aims to have states take lead in disaster recovery while tapping federal resources for support, comes as latest agency chief is fired

Permanent repair remains planned for the 1960s-era pipeline and related infrastructure, while utility DC Water said its focus now is on environmental remediation in the surrounding area following a nearly 250-million-gallon sewage spill.

D.C. mayor’s declared disaster site gets additional federal help, while utility DC Water predicts repairs to finish in mid-March—but longer-term costs and impact concerns remain.

But House committee members voiced strong support to keep agency in tact, saying a federal role in disaster response is vital, even as they called for changes in approach.

March 18 order follows layoffs of more than 200 Federal Emergency Management Agency employees and a Jan. 24 order for a task force review of agency disaster response efficiency. 

Wildfires in Los Angeles have already destroyed thousands of structures, but the full extent of the damage will not be known for some time, say local officials.

ENR editor Tom Sawyer traveled extensively for ENR to project sites, disaster areas and war zones far afield and close to home.

Contracts have been awarded for emergency interstate repairs and to reconnect Asheville, N.C.'s largest water treatment plant.

State transportation agencies in North Carolina and Tennessee are still assessing damage from the storm, forecasting a months-long effort to repair hard-hit critical arteries such as Interstate-40. 

For his tireless drive to engineer enduring solutions for a disaster-plagued world and his persistent push for both technical innovation and seismic design information exchange, ENR’s editorial team has selected Kit Miyamoto to receive its 59th Award of Excellence.