Sentences with phrase «more evacuees»

JE: People can come adopt some of these animals right from us, and that helps free us up and we can bring in more evacuees.

However, probably no public schools have taken in more evacuees than Lousiana's neighbor to the west, Texas.

Not exact matches

About 9,000 evacuees were staying at Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center and city officials on Tuesday opened the Toyota Center arena to house more storm refugees.

Through relief flights, the transportation of emergency supplies, airline employee volunteer efforts and fundraising programs facilitated through airline mileage programs, U.S. cargo and passenger carriers transported more than 4.5 million pounds of life - saving food, water and supplies, accommodated more than 6,500 evacuees, relocated hundreds of stranded pets and relaxed travel policies to more than 80 airports in the path of the hurricanes.

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CHICAGO — The more than 7,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees living in the greater Chicago area will be assisted by the Crisis Recovery Coordination Council, the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago announced on Monday.

Another FEMA program, called Direct Lease, could pay for longer - term rentals, which advocates say would be more humane and prevent homelessness among evacuees.

Cuomo says up until now, the state's disaster training and preparation was for smaller, more localized events — not the major events like Superstorm Sandy that left more than two million people without power, 400,000 evacuees and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.

For example, recovery programs could invest in more durable housing for evacuees rather than provisional camps, he says.

Doing more for stressed - out evacuees would go a lot further than six months of navel - gazing.»

Countless evacuees are showing up on the news with absolutely nothing, after ten years or more working in the gold mine that was the tar sands.

So far, schools in Lafayette, located about 120 miles west of New Orleans, reportedly have registered 2,500 evacuee students and hired more than 100 teachers, while Shreveport, 350 miles northwest of the Crescent City, has enrolled 1,000 new students.

The book is being published to foster understanding of evacuation issues, better planning, and more safety for evacuees.

More than 7,000 of the evacuees were in Karangasem, the 325 sq mile district surrounding the volcano that is home to about 408,000 people.

More than 7,000 of the evacuees were in the 840 square kilometer (325 square mile) Karangasem district, which is home to about 408,000 people.

In Klungkung alone, more than 90 traditional institutions have opened evacuee shelters.

As of Wednesday the total number of evacuees had reached more than 96,000 — higher than expected by the authorities — at nearly 500 shelters across all of the island's eight regencies and one city.

It's easier, and more affordable, to be a permanent evacuee, supported by the government and the nuclear power company, than to continue struggling on the land.

Information for Fort McMurray Evacuees If you were evacuated from Fort McMurray due to the wildfires, consult the following resources for more information during this difficult time.

Staff helped out in various capacities from assisting with long - term care residents, working in food services or laundry, greeting evacuees and families at NH facilities, and more.

During Katrina, when Houston took in more than 100,000 evacuees, HAR built an online platform for people searching for rooms.