... said after touring the tornado-damaged town of Atkins on Saturday that he wants to impress upon the nation's emergency director that while it might be preferable to put storm victims up in apartments, rural communities don't have that kind ...

... condominiums saw the boat in trouble, ran to their own boats and rushed to rescue as many people as they could, a local emergency director said. "You can't believe how fast that thing sank," said Gary Ledin, who was on the boat with his wife Diann ...

... condominiums saw the boat in trouble, ran to their own boats and rushed to rescue as many people as they could, a local emergency director said. "You can't believe how fast that thing sank," said Gary Ledin, who was on the boat with his wife Diann ...

... do not have a disaster plan that's been practiced. Tim Hill, vice president of business and finance and the emergency director, said the time and energy of creating the group is worth it. He pointed out this area is considered "tornado ...

... square-mile site, established during World War II to make plutonium for the atomic bomb, said Larry Olguin, site emergency director. "I would not want to ever try to downplay the significance of the danger of a range fire," he said. "But ...

... probably drop a package of Sweet'N Low and evacuate this building," said Ken Pineau, Collier County, Fla., emergency director, after one anthrax death, a second case and a few false scares emptied buildings in several parts of the state ...

... An ambulance took the boys to a hospital. "All I want now is some champagne," said a tired Bill Hicks, the emergency director for Independence County. The boys were identified as Jeffery Keith Foster, 19; David Keith Foster, 11; and ...

... transportation to leave. "It's hard to open a shelter when you're going to have 10 feet of water in it," parish emergency director Jim Anderson said. He said the parish might open what he called "last resort" shelters Thursday for those unable ...

... condominiums saw the boat in trouble, ran to their own boats and rushed to rescue as many people as they could, a local emergency director said. Hot Springs Police Cpl. Mike Buck said 20 people were aboard the boat, known as a duck because of its use ...

... prone to tornadoes and is within the New Madrid seismic zone. "It says it could happen here," said St. Louis emergency director Gary Christmann. Los Angeles, which has been through earthquakes, wildfires, and riots, is as well prepared ...