America’s Great Climate Exodus Is Starting in the Florida Keys September 20, 2019 By Prashant Gopal Lori Rittel is stuck in her Florida Keys home, living in the wreckage left by Hurricane Irma two years ago,...
FEMA Officials Charged With Puerto Rico Hurricane Aid Fraud September 11, 2019 By Michael Deibert Federal Emergency Management Agency officials who oversaw the reconstruction of Puerto Rico’s electrical grid and the former president of Cobra...
Southern Illinois Village at Risk if no FEMA Levee Approval August 12, 2019 PRAIRIE DU ROCHER, Ill. — The fate of a Mississippi River levee that’s awaiting a decision on federal accreditation could...
Hurricane Victims Frustrated with Slow Housing Recovery July 26, 2019 By Amanda Morris SPRING LAKE, N.C. — The heating and air conditioning in Carrie Johnson’s home — damaged by Hurricane Matthew in 2016...
Texas Housing Program Aims to Rebuild Faster after Disaster June 18, 2019 By Juan A. Lozano HOUSTON — For Houston resident Scenacia Jones, the experience of getting her new home through an innovative way of building...
Customs Says Hack Exposed Traveler, License Plate Images June 12, 2019 By Frank Bajak Customs and Border Protection said Monday that photos of travelers and license plates collected at a single U.S. border point...
U.S. Hurricane Season Is Unnecessarily Dangerous June 11, 2019 By Eric Roston Forecasters are expecting this year’s North Atlantic hurricane season to be roughly average, with about 14 named storms including six...
Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana Face Flood of ‘Historic Magnitude’ May 30, 2019 By Alex Dobuzinskis Thousands of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana residents braced for more flooding on Wednesday, and some evacuated their homes, as forecasts...
Cost of Buying Out Flood-Prone Homes: $5B and Rising May 28, 2019 By David A. Lieb About the photo: This June 14, 2008 file photo shows floodwaters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Weeks after the latest massive...
One Dead, Dozens Hurt as Tornadoes Flatten Buildings in Ohio May 28, 2019 By Rich McKay Tornadoes pulverized western Ohio early on Tuesday, killing one person, injuring scores of others and requiring emergency officials to send...