FEMA Encourages Families with Diverse Immigration Status to Apply
FEMA Encourages Families with Diverse Immigration Status to Apply Des Moines, Iowa — If you had flood related damage or storm-caused expenses and live or own a business in Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Humboldt, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pottawattamie, Scott, Sioux and Woodbury counties, FEMA assistance can provide grants to help cover temporary housing, home repairs and other disaster related needs. You or a member of your household must be a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national or qualified non-citizen to apply. Families with diverse immigration status, including adults who are undocumented, may still apply for assistance if:

West Thumb Geyser Basin: Diverse and Exceptional Hot Springs, Mud Pots, Geysers, and Hydrothermal Explosions
Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Pat Shanks and Lisa Morgan, research geologist emeriti with the U.S. Geological Survey. West Thumb Geyser Basin (WTGB), along the southwest shore of West Thumb Basin in western Yellowstone Lake, is one of Yellowstone’s most scenic and interesting thermal basins and contains an impressive variety of thermal features. The combination of beautiful blue, deep pools, pastel-colored mud pots, stark white sinter terraces, and expansive views of West Thumb Basin and the Absaroka Range to the east make WTGB a