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October 15, 2024 | 4:22 PM

How Central Pa. organizations are helping with the aftermath of Hurricane Milton and Helene

By Asia Tabb
September 9, 2023 | 7:02 AM

A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 800 people, government says

State television showed people clustered in the streets of Marrakech late at night, afraid to go back inside buildings that might still be unstable.

By Claudia Lauer/The Associated Press
July 9, 2023 | 7:25 AM

Cities have long made plans for extreme heat. Are they enough in a warming world?

Dire heat waves in the past have prompted effective efforts by cities to do better at protecting people

By Melina Walling and Isabella O'Malley/The Associated Press

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September 2, 2022 | 11:47 AM

Pa. residents are still paying the price 1 year after Hurricane Ida

By Kenny Cooper, Emily Rizzo, Sophia Schmidt/WHYY
January 31, 2022 | 5:38 AM

Mayor vows disaster emergency declaration after bridge falls

The mayor of Pittsburgh has announced plans to sign a declaration of disaster emergency for the city in light of last week’s collapse of a bridge in a city park.

By The Associated Press
September 11, 2021 | 1:16 PM

Biden approves major disaster declaration in Pennsylvania

President Biden has declared a major disaster in Pennsylvania due to heavy rains, severe flash flooding and tornadoes in the commonwealth from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

By The Associated Press
September 8, 2021 | 6:33 PM

Biden asked to declare disaster in Pennsylvania due to storm

Gov. Tom Wolf is asking President Biden to declare a major disaster in Pennsylvania due to heavy rains, severe flash flooding and tornadoes in the commonwealth last week from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. The governor is seeking a major disaster declaration allowing assistance to individuals for Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and York counties.

By The Associated Press
August 1, 2021 | 7:47 AM

Wolf wants lawmakers to extend opioid emergency declaration

Governor Tom Wolf is asking state lawmakers to return to Harrisburg within a month to extend a statewide disaster emergency intended to help stem the commonwealth’s opioid addiction crisis.

By The Associated Press
June 9, 2021 | 5:15 AM

State House votes to end governor’s pandemic disaster declaration

House Democrats said the majority Republicans were playing games with people’s health and well-being.

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press
May 27, 2021 | 7:26 AM

The Pa. legislature has new power to overrule Wolf on COVID. The two camps differ on details

Because Wolf’s administration has been gradually phasing out the major components of his disaster measures, like business closures, many of the changes that the resolution would make are already moot.
By Katie Meyer/WHYY
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