Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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From the City of Orange: Registering online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov, is the quickest way to register for FEMA assistance. If you are unable to access the internet, you can also call at 1-800-621-3362. When you register for disaster assistance either online or by phone, you will need the following to complete your application: • Social Security number • Address of the location where the damage occurred (pre-disaster address) • Current mailing address • Current telepho...
Orange County Emergency Management has opened up drive-through centers for water, ice and MREs (meals ready to eat). These photos at Northway Shopping Center, 3777 N. 16th Street in Orange, show volunteers and National Guardsmen working with MREs and water distribution and loading them in cars. Volunteers feed the workers. Cars line up on Highway 87 to enter Northway POD. (Photos by Mark Dunn) Orange County has opened other POD sites at the Northwest corner of Highway 62 and Highway 12; and at Vidor Middle School, 2500...
(Looking east on Green Avenue at 4th Street Saturday. Photo courtesy Don Carona) At noon Saturday, Sept. 2, the Sabine River had crested at Deweyville and Toledo Bend Reservoir had decreased its water releases into the river. In Orange, the Sabine wasn’t expected to reach its crest of 7.7 feet until midday Sunday and then, according to National Weather Service forecasters, the water won’t start decreasing until Tuesday, Sept. 5. The spillways at Toledo Bend dam north of Bur...
Orange County Emergency Management has opened up drive-through centers for water, ice and MREs (meals ready to eat). The OCEM news release: “The Point of Distribution supplies have arrived. “They are being set up. This will be a drive thru POD for water, ice, and MREs (meals ready to eat). You will need to drive through and the military will load supplies into your vehicle. “The current POD sites that are up and running are located at the following locations: - Northway Shopp...
(Photos courtesy Don Carona) Saturday morning water in the Sabine River continued to rise and block streets near downtown Orange, Orange County Drainage District Manager Don Carona reported. He shared these photos taken during his ride along Orange’s Historic District. One shows several boats putting in near 3rd Street and West Pine. Another peers across Green Avenue from the corner of 4th Street and West Pine. In Orange, the Sabine wasn’t expected to reach its crest of 7.7 feet until midday Sunday and then, according to Nat...
Entergy reported 26,000 Orange County customers without power – and air-conditioning -- at midday Saturday – nearly four days after Tropical Storm Harvey inundated Southeast Texas with record rainfall. That’s half of the 52,000 outages reported by Entergy Texas in an area that includes counties east and northeast of Houston all the way north to Huntsville. The power company says its workers are unable to work faster because waters continue to rise from the Neches and Sabin...
From the City of Orange: “Due to the rise at the Sabine River, City officials have issued a voluntary evacuation for areas south of the interstate, east of the railroad tracks (from the railroad tracks to the Sabine River) in the City of Orange. “In addition, the following areas may be impacted by the rising water; low lying areas such as Cove and north of the interstate, east of Highway 87 and other areas which may have standing water. “Those who wish to evacuate may go to...
From Orange County Emergency Management: A mobile medical unit has been established in the parking lot of Baptist Hospital, 608 Strickland Drive, in Orange. The MMU is capable of handling medical emergencies equivalent to those handled in an urgent care facility. Ambulances are also available to respond to emergencies throughout the county. As of 4 p.m. Saturday, the MMU drivers and nurses had seen 32 patients. Nine of those were to be transferred to the hospital. Patients that are transferred will be taken to Lake Charles un...
County Commissioners Johnny Trahan, John Gothia and Barry Burton, Drainage District Chief Don Carona and The Record’s Mark Dunn pitched in with their photos from a busy few days that marked Tropical Storm Henry’s wake. From wet drives to early morning rescues to help from the skies and the military. Volunteers have been a huge resource, including the Little Cypress, Mauriceville and McLewis Volunteer Fire Departments who helped set up PODs (Points of Distribution) at Nor...
