NATURAL DISASTER

Five volunteers with the American Red Cross of Massachusetts are helping with relief efforts in the Los Angeles area.

Interviews with flood survivors, state and local officials and current and former FEMA employees reveals a pattern of administrative bloat at a federal agency that, to many Vermonters, seemed less interested in providing assistance than in finding ways to reject requests for aid.

Bells rang out in churches and other buildings in western Massachusetts Thursday to remember the 139 victims of the first major dam disaster in the United States, 150 years ago.

Top federal lawmakers in the Northeast have penned a letter to Congress asking them to provide more direct help to local growers impacted by July’s historic flooding.

The nursing program will most likely move into Springfield's vacant Homer Street School for the fall semester.

Farmers reported losses from July floods that span over 1,500 acres of land and total nearly $21 million in lost sales revenue, according to state officials.

After catastrophic floods, farm aid in western Massachusetts could come through a proposed state Senate budget bill.

Gov. Maura Healey has announced the launch of the "Massachusetts Farm Resiliency Fund" alongside United Way of Central Massachusetts, to help farmers in need after recent flooding.

Farmers along the Connecticut River are experiencing significant losses from recent flooding. The river, the longest in New England, is filled with floodwater from storms that hit Vermont with heavy rainfall and catastrophic damage.

La Gobernadora Maura Healey pasó un tiempo en Williamsburg, donde las lluvias provocaron una grave inundación el lunes. Varios residentes fueron evacuados de sus casas, dañadas por el agua.