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Ron Austin, the attorney who filed a class-action suit Sept. 7 on behalf of 100-plus homeowners in the Lower 9th Ward who bought houses built by Brad Pitt's nonprofit Make It Right (MIR), says a $20 million lawsuit MIR filed Tuesday against its chief...

International Medical Corps and Children's Health Fund are working together to help communities affected by the catastrophic flooding in the Carolinas caused by Hurricane Florence. Children's Health Fund (CHF) is supplying a mobile medical clinic...

DaVita Kidney Care, a division of DaVita Inc. , a leading provider in kidney care services, is urging dialysis patients to adhere to boil water advisories in their areas. Currently, municipalities across multiple states impacted by Hurricane Florence...

Piedmont Natural Gas today announced a $30,000 donation to the American Red Cross to help communities recover and rebuild after Hurricane Florence. Funds will be distributed to the areas experiencing some of the worst devastation in eastern North...

Atlas Oil was selected as a Supplier Excellence Award winner through the United States Postal Service Supplier Performance Awards Program for their outstanding service to USPS throughout the 2017 hurricane season in an unprecedented quadruple...

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Florence's slow devastation of a wide swathe of southeastern coastal North Carolina, which has impacted the lives of more than 300 Keller Williams agents, their families, and their communities, Keller Williams...

North Carolina's electric cooperatives continue making outage restoration progress in the wake of Hurricane Florence. Cooperative outages statewide have now dropped to about 38,000, down from a historic high of 326,000 on Saturday....

AlphaGraphics of Downtown Raleigh, a local print and marketing communications leader, is preparing for a community-wide relief effort across Eastern North Carolina as Hurricane Florence continues its path towards the East Coast. The hurricane has...

Duke Energy crews today continued to restore power to North Carolina and South Carolina customers impacted by Hurricane Florence, particularly in hard-hit coastal and inland counties. Crews have restored power to 1.6...

Water samples collected from various locations demonstrate that coal ash released from a landfill under construction has not impacted water quality in Sutton Lake in Wilmington, N.C. In addition, the company continues to...

MD Barnmaster (MDB), an industry leader in pre-engineered modular barns, and the official barn supplier of the Tryon International Equestrian Center, home of the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games, provides safety during severe weather caused by...

AccuWeather Global Weather Center ? Dr. Joel Myers, Founder, President and Chairman of AccuWeather, the largest and fastest growing weather media and business company in the world, is denouncing many of the Hurricane Florence damage estimates and...

NOTE TO EDITORS: Today, President Trump came to North Carolina to inspect the recovery effort in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, which caused historic death and destruction in the region. Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good participated in a briefing to...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) senior leaders are visiting areas affected by Hurricane Florence to assess damages and review response efforts. They will be available during their visits to discuss USACE response efforts to the devastating...

One year after deadly Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, the global organization Mercy Corps is helping the island's small businesses, farmers and fishermen get back on their feet. With one in three workers in Puerto Rico employed by a small or...

Piedmont Natural Gas announced today that crews will begin canvassing neighborhoods to examine natural gas meters for signs of damage caused by Hurricane Florence. Damaged meters will be turned off and inspected and may be fully removed and replaced....

GlobalPro Recovery, a leading insurance risk and recovery firm, offers solutions to Hurricane Florence victims with insurance claims that have been delayed, underpaid or denied. As the post-storm industry landscape becomes increasingly confusing,...

North Carolina's electric cooperatives have made substantial outage restoration progress in the wake of Hurricane Florence, and cooperative outages statewide have now dropped to about 58,000, down from a historic high of 326,000 on Saturday....

As Hurricane Florence slowly moved inland, The Geospatial Intelligence Center (GIC) began flying planes over the Carolinas on Monday, taking ultra-high resolution images of the damage and flooding. The resulting imagery, incorporated into Esri's...

1 in 3 children and young people between 5 and 17 years old living in countries affected by conflict or disaster ? 104 million ? are not in school, a figure that accounts for more than a third of the global out-of-school population, according to a...

As the Florence flood waters recede, automobile insurance companies and car dealers now face the question of what to do with the thousands of water damaged vehicles left in the wake of one of the wettest storms on record. Vemark, a leading provider...

In a humanitarian effort, PULSUS Group - in collaboration with Anbu Kochi - is responding to the calamity of the recent, unprecedented floods in the Indian state of Kerala by providing contributions to aid relief and rehabilitation measures. PULSUS...

American Humane, the country's first national humane organization, which has been saving animals in disasters for more than 100 years and deployed its famed rescue team before Hurricane Florence struck to evacuate shelter pets out of the storm's...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today the publishing of the online Trafficability Inundation Mapping Tool that provides the public with information on what regions are affected by the flood waters from Hurricane Florence. The...

The BB&T Charitable Fund today announced grants totaling $1.5 million to help support disaster relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. The American Red Cross and Samaritan's Purse will each receive $250,000, and $1 million will be...

General Motors Co. has mobilized all of its vehicle brands, as well as OnStar, GM Financial and its Customer Care and Aftersales team to help customers impacted by Hurricane Florence recover as quickly as possible. OnStar is providing complimentary...

One year after Hurricane Maria devastated Dominica, the island nation is rebounding. "A growing share of affected residents can say their lives are back on track or almost back to normal after the hurricane," said Colin...

Today, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Lawrence Mayor Daniel Rivera, Andover Town Manager Andrew Flanagan, North Andover Town Manager Andrew Maylor and Beth Francis of the Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF)...

AARP Foundation today announced it has created a relief fund to help the victims ? especially those ages 50 and older ? as relentless rains and unprecedented flooding caused significant damage throughout North and South Carolina and other regions of...

The Norfolk Southern Foundation is donating $100,000 to assist in Hurricane Florence recovery efforts in North Carolina. The Foundation, Norfolk Southern's charitable giving arm, will direct $50,000 to the American Red Cross and $50,000 to the Food...

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.  today announced its partnership with The Salvation Army to aid ongoing disaster relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Florence. Sinclair will hold a national Day of Giving on September 20th, encouraging viewers...

The World Bank, Build Academy, Airbnb, and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) have launched a global crowd-solving challenge for designs of Resilient Homes. The goal of this challenge is to generate designs for low-cost...

Today, The Home Depot Foundation increased its financial support to $3 million for disaster relief efforts and communities impacted by recent disasters, including Hurricane Florence, Olivia, the California wildfires and flooding in the Midwest. In...

Kellogg Company is donating five semi-trailers of cereal, bars and crackers to help people in the Carolinas and Appalachia region impacted by Tropical Depression Florence. The storm made landfall as a hurricane and slowed to a tropical depression...

Nam Tai Property Inc. ("We", "Nam Tai" or the "Company") announced today that it experienced no material effect from Typhoon Mangkhut at its Inno Park development site. Heavy rains and high winds were experienced but the site was well prepared in...

New "conscious shopping" ecommerce marketplace, ShopNowToFund, launches #Food4Florence social campaign aimed at raising funds to deliver boxes of nonperishable food items to those stranded in the wake of hurricane Florence....

The Republic Services team cares about the safety and well-being of its employees and customers and is working hard to support the communities affected by Hurricane Florence. The storm's high winds, heavy rains and flooding caused damage in some...

Duke Energy expects to restore power to most North Carolina and South Carolina customers impacted by Hurricane Florence by Sept. 26 at 11:45 p.m. ? but the vast majority will be restored sooner. "We're doing everything we can to safely restore power...

Our hearts and minds are with those that have been impacted by Hurricane Florence. Wright Flood recognizes the devastation that the storm has caused and is working hard to help those affected get back on their feet as quickly as possible. Wright...

Samaritan's Purse Canada is sending trained Canadian staff to work alongside our U.S. colleagues in helping tens of thousands of people victimized by Hurricane Florence. Three U.S.-based Samaritan's Purse Disaster Relief Unit tractor trailers have...

The American Red Cross is working around the clock to provide safe shelter and comfort for the hundreds of thousands of people impacted by Hurricane Florence as the threat from the devastating storm continues. The storm...

The USANA True Health Foundation (THF), has deployed meals and volunteers to the east coast of the United States to provide aid for those affected by Hurricane Florence. THF, in partnership with International Relief Teams, has issued a grant of...

Sprint announced assistance today for customers impacted by recent fires in Andover, North Andover and Lawrence, Mass. Effective Sept. 14, 2018, through Sept. 20, 2018, Sprint will waive call, text and data overage fees for Sprint customers in the...

Duke Energy crews are fully focused on restoring power to the remaining 300,000 customers who lost electricity when Hurricane Florence rolled through the Carolinas. As of 1 p.m. ET Monday, the company has experienced a...

As residents across the southeastern United States face the early impact of Hurricane Florence, CancerCare® prepares to offer emotional and financial support to cancer patients impacted by the storm. As a leading national...

Hurricane Florence's impact on the East Coast is an important reminder for auto dealers that now is the time to reevaluate their disaster recovery plans. Nationally recognized public accounting firm MBAF wants to provide dealers with the information...

Choice Hotels International, Inc. has announced it will match Choice Privileges member donations to the American Red Cross, encouraging its members to donate loyalty points that convert to cash. Choice Hotels will match up to 20 million points...

PrideStaff, a national, franchised staffing organization, is pleased to announce that they received a 2018 American Staffing Association Genius Award honorable mention for Internal Publication (Digital) in the Staffing Firms With More Than $100...

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Mid-Atlantic region already has endured more weather-related devastation than it has seen in years after Hurricane Florence made landfall on the Carolina coast early Friday, and...

Electric cooperative crews, supported by hundreds of reinforcements, are rolling out this morning determined to restore power to thousands more cooperative consumer-members today. Current statewide outages reported by electric co-ops in the state...