The dozen airlines covered in the Transportation Department’s monthly consumer report canceled 2.2 percent of their flights in August, up from 1.4 percent a year earlier.
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FEMA auctioned off emergency response trailers even as Harvey was bearing down
The sale depleted the government’s already diminished stock of mobile homes ahead of what would become the nation’s largest-ever housing mission.
Burnham boy raises money for hurricane victims
Dillon Whitney, 10, collected donations at a lemonade stand to give to the American Red Cross.
Bowdoin College grad Sam Brody knows climate change
Here’s what happened when Hurricane Harvey arrived at the flood expert’s doorstep.
LePage offers $50,000 match for hurricane relief donations
The governor makes his appeal as Red Cross Maine sends its last emergency response vehicle to Florida in anticipation of Hurricane Irma.
Harvey’s victims leave shelters but face dire housing crunch
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says more than 53,000 residents displaced by the storm are now staying in government-funded hotel rooms.
Fire and black smoke billow from crippled Texas chemical plant
Two containers containing chemicals caught fire Friday evening, and six more are expected to catch fire eventually.
Lesson from Katrina: No pet left behind
Federal and state disaster polices now embrace the view of dogs and cats as family members.
Maine colleges reach out to students who may have been affected by Harvey
Bowdoin and Bates say they have been in touch with students in the Houston area and expect that they will be on campus for the start of classes.
Chemical plant explosions put Arkema SA in spotlight
The plant was fined nearly $110,000 in February by OSHA over 10 safety violations.