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A State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) has been reactivated in the Sydney suburb of Homebush in response to the ...

Isolation as omicron surges. >> i dont think this is going to contribute to more spread. i do think its going to create an incentive for more people to get tested. and obviously for people who need to get back to their families, get back to their kids, get back to their jobs, it lets them do that as well. overall i think this is the right policy. its a good balancing act. >> the cdcs new recommendations will permit us to cope with all of this disturbance and to trim it down to allow people to co...

Chesapeake health, one of the doctorses making that disaster declarations. doctor, cases have surged more than 700%. lets begin with you explaining and describing what the scene is there. >> so we have seen the increase in covid, weve had challenges with staffing, which led us to the decision for crisis standard of care and more specifically for upper chesapeake medical center that we have declared this end. it remains a challenge moving forward and this allows us to use our resources the best w...

Me, feed my girls and we got to safety because of him. >> reporter: disaster declarations have now been approved for tennessee and illinois. a disaster declaration was approved for eight counties in kentucky. carley: thank you. todd: pointing fingers at democrats and soft on crime policies for a nationwide surge in crime. carley: the biden administration has a different explanation as brazen couples go unpunished. jackie ibanez has more on this front. carley: >> reporter: critics say liberal cri...

The bill would make events like the Boston Marathon bombing eligible for a FEMA program that offers support for mental health resources.

An oil slick caused by a spill from an offshore rig was spotted off the shore of Newport Beach. The Pacific Airshow was cancelled for cleanup efforts.

An oil slick caused by a spill from an offshore rig was spotted off the shore of Newport Beach. The Pacific Airshow was cancelled for cleanup efforts.

Counties. weve had six major counties that have major disaster declarations. were pushing for more. we sent a letter to the president asking for declarations for nearly every new jersey county, and we also joined as a delegation urging the appropriators to do a supplemental for disaster relief, and certainly ida has been a huge disaster coming on the heels of just the ninth anniversary of superstorm sandy. so this is a critical moment, and as i heard the report before i got on, this is what a di...

Late sunday night the president within hours of request from governor hochul of new york and governor murphy of new jersey approved major disaster declarations in those states and as is typical with the declarations, started with initial areas designated for assistance and we have people on the ground right now who are working on completing damage assessments to be able to add on additional areas for assistance. but people need not wait to register for that assistance if they go to disasterassis...

White house, headed for the northeast to get a firsthand look at the damage left by hurricane ida. elsie huge parts of new jersey and new york remain decimated by deadly flooding. ida killing at least 45 people in those two states. some swept away by cars, others drowning in their own homes. new disaster declarations mean parts of both states are eligible for federal aid, but even that is fraught with complaints from counties left off the list of those eligible for aid. and down in louisiana whi...