• Weather

Thousands Evacuate Fawn Fire

• California wildfires
• Fawn Fire
• wildfires

By Natasha Lasky, ODP Staff Writer Near Redding, California in Shasta County, the Fawn fire forces four thousand residents to evacuate with 30,000 residents affected. The fire was 50% contained as of Monday afternoon. Law enforcement has now charged a 30-year-old woman named Anna Souverneva with arson, after quarry workers saw her trespassing near the […]

• Weather

One Cool Thing: Are You Ready Kids?

• Disaster Preparedness
• Families
• kids

Be a Ready Kid! Emergencies and disasters can be scary, but there are ways to help you stay safe before, during, and even after a disaster. Play Disaster Master and Help the Heroes! Head over to https://t.co/qsbwfwQRlx to play: https://t.co/6h9MCHrd9R #PrepareToProtect #BeReady pic.twitter.com/kJj9MAXuol — USACE HQ (@USACEHQ) September 21, 2021 This summer, kids across the […]

• Weather

President Biden Announces Measures to Address Extreme Heat Impacts

• Biden
• Build Back Better
• extreme heat
• heat waves

By Amy Lupica, ODP Daily Editor Yesterday, President Biden announced a coordinated, interagency effort to address extreme heat threatening lives across the nation. After a summer of extreme temperatures, deadly heat domes, and raging wildfires, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services; Homeland Security; and Agriculture; the EPA; and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]

• Weather

Rapidly Intensified Nicholas Hits Texas, Heads to Louisiana on Heels of Ida

By Ashira Morris, ODP Staff Writer Hurricane Nicholas hit the Texas coast yesterday as a category 1 storm, bringing heavy rains and 75 mph winds. Rapidly intensifying from a tropical storm to a hurricane before making landfall, Nicholas gained 35 mph in wind speeds in a single day. There have been six Atlantic hurricanes so […]

• Weather

Ida Impacts Continue from Louisiana to NYC

• Hurricane Ida
• Louisiana
• New Orleans
• New York
• Tropical Storm Henri

By Ashira Morris, ODP Staff Writer Days after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, energy company Entergy can’t say when New Orleans residents will get power back. In addition to the direct health harms that can come from losing AC when the heat index is over 100, the lack of power has also made it harder to […]

• Weather

Thousands Evacuate Lake Tahoe to Escape Caldor Fire

• caldor fire
• California
• lake tahoe
• wildfires

By Natasha Lasky, ODP Staff Writer   Tens of thousands have evacuated Lake Tahoe as the Caldor wildfire charges towards the resort town. The raging Caldor Fire has burned 277 square miles since it began in early August and has threatened 20,000 structures, burning 600 to the ground. The fire has stagnated at less than 20% containment. […]