But New York officials declined, confident of their experience handling upstate disasters.

These robots are designed to handle disasters that are too dangerous for personnel during an emergency.

The Katrina troubles underscore serious questions about the federal government's ability to handle similar disasters in the future.

How will the Chief Executive handle natural or man-made disasters?

Voters don't choose a President based on how he'll handle disasters, but if they're faced with one, it quickly becomes the most important issue in their lives.

The programs also contain information about handling floods, hurricanes, tornados and other natural disasters.

The planned test is part of the administration's effort to settle a heated dispute over which agency should handle various disasters and emergencies.

For three hours, they evacuated hotel guests, called in emergency medical teams and handled fresh disasters with near-surgical efficiency.

Somalia raises the larger question of how to handle political and humanitarian disasters in the third world.

At one point, more than one hundred federal agencies were involved in handling disasters and emergencies.