Month: January 2020

Weeks after a powerful earthquake and dozens of aftershocks rocked Puerto Rico, citizens whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the quakes will be granted access to some financial relief, officials announced on Thursday. President Trump “declared that a major disaster exists” in the southern regions of Puerto Rico and “ordered Federal assistance to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts,” the White House said in a statement. The announcement of the disaster declaration comes on…

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – While the risk for severe weather is slim, heavy rain is causing ponding on roadways and flash flooding in some parts. The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning from just after 6:30 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. Problems along streets and highways had already been a problem the warning was issued. (credit: CBSDFW.COM) Police and firefighters in Fort Worth spent part of the morning blocking off the intersection at Rosedale and Loop…

Updated at 5:27 p.m. ET The Trump administration is releasing its hold on billions of dollars of aid to Puerto Rico after a months-long delay. But it is still unclear exactly when those funds will reach the hurricane-ravaged island. The tranche of money, more than $8 billion, is allocated through a Department of Housing and Urban Development disaster recovery fund. It was supposed to be released months ago to help the island rebuild in the…

“When I pulled myself up out of the mud, one of the first things I saw were the mounds were still there,” Williams says. Caddo Mounds was closed for nine months after the tornado struck. It reopened on Saturday – a major milestone for both the site itself, and survivors like Williams. They didn’t know it then, but the tornado folded them into another Caddo tradition of sorts: “shaho.” “Shaho is a Caddo word for…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is asking President Donald Trump to issue a presidential disaster declaration, which would help Texas residents who are still recovering from tornadoes that struck in October. A presidential disaster declaration would free up millions more federal dollars for people rebuilding in Dallas, as well as counties in South and Central Texas. Jesus Jimenez covers weather and climate for The Dallas Morning News. He says Abbott’s Monday letter to Trump asked for…