Federal assistance, insurance claims and neighborly aid are helping residents of the Oklahoma City suburb begin to rebuild …
Disasters
Texas EMT to Plead Not Guilty to Explosives Charge
(WACO, Texas) — A lawyer for a Texas paramedic arrested on charges of possessing bomb-making material says his client will plead not guilty and had no connection to the fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month.
Texas Launches Criminal Probe into Plant Explosion
Texas law enforcement officials on Friday launched a criminal investigation into the massive fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month, after weeks of largely treating the blast as an industrial accident.
After the Texas Explosion: A Firestorm of Lawsuits?
The West Fertilizer plant explosion is already attracting the attention of litigation lawyers who are casting a wide net for clients
In Sandy’s Shadow: A Struggle to Recover at Redfern Houses
The lights are back on at the Redfern Houses, but for many, the recovery has only begun
One Month After Sandy: Where the Storm Came Ashore
Ortley Beach and the barrier islands of the Jersey Shore were at the epicenter of the storm — and it is a long way before they bounce back
Hurricane Sandy By the Numbers: A Superstorm’s Statistics, One Month Later
Four weeks ago today, east coast residents were huddled in their homes with fresh batteries and bottles of water, hoping for the best as Hurricane Sandy bore down on the region. We now know that, for many, the storm was a worst …
After Sandy: Why We Can’t Keep Rebuilding on the Water’s Edge
It’s so obvious we forget it: an extreme weather event becomes a disaster only if it hits where people and their possessions are.
In Hurricane-Battered Red Hook, Disaster is Breeding Resilience
Bureaucracy may be limiting the speed of official relief but a broad-based volunteerism is trying to fill the gap
After the Floods, Snow Sweeps into a Freezing Staten Island
For residents of Staten Island already displaced by Hurricane Sandy, an early nor’easter was an ominous warning: winter is coming, and help isn’t exactly on the way.
The Toil After the Storm: Life in Sandy’s Wake
Communities up and down the eastern American seaboard—in particular the greater New York City area—begin picking up the pieces following Hurricane Sandy, the historic storm that left at least 110 dead, plunged half of …
The Staten Island Recovery: The Little Things that Matter
A TIME journalist and resident of the battered borough reports on the relief efforts—and the search for priceless mementos
Surviving Hurricane Sandy: The Island That New York City Forgot
While attention has been focused on other parts of the city, Staten Island—the second largest borough in terms of geographical size—continues to reel from the effects of the storm.
