Hurricane Ian’s Lucrative Cleanup Deals Generate New Storm October 28, 2022 By Mike Schneider It has been a month since Hurricane Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida. Now multimillion-dollar cleanup contracts are generating...
In Hurricane Ian’s Wake, Dangers Persist, Worsen in Parts October 4, 2022 By Bobby Caina Calvan and Mike Schneider FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — People kayaking down streets that were passable just a day or two earlier. Hundreds of...
Climate Change Is Overwhelming US Flood Maps, FEMA Head Says September 6, 2022 By Victoria Cavaliere Flood maps used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency are out of date and understate the risks to homes and...
State Farm to Pay $100 Million to Federal Government for Hurricane Katrina Claims August 25, 2022 By Chad Hemenway State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. and two former claims-adjuster sisters, who more than 16 years ago filed a lawsuit...
One Month Later, Kentucky Flood Evacuees Weigh Cloudy Future August 25, 2022 By Bruce Schreiner PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (AP) — Nearly a month after deadly flooding engulfed their houses, some eastern Kentuckians sheltering at state parks...
Biden Admin Announces $3B in FEMA Climate Resilience Funding August 12, 2022 By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON –– The Biden administration on Friday announced it is putting more than $3 billion into two federal programs to...
Frustrating Recovery Could be Hurricane Harbinger for South August 3, 2022 By Jay Reeves EUTAW, Ala. (AP) — There’s not much in Greene County, a place that stands out even in impoverished west Alabama...
Floods Strike New Blow in Place That Has Known Hardship August 1, 2022 By Bruce Schreiner, Andrew Selsky and Dylan Lovan JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Evelyn Smith lost everything in the deadly floods that devastated eastern Kentucky, saving only her grandson’s...
Haines Continues Long Recovery from Late 2020 Landslides July 27, 2022 By Michael S. Lockett HAINES, Alaska (AP) — More than a year and half after the Haines landslides, organizations, both local and out-of-state, are...
FEMA Report: Flood Insurance Hikes Will Drive 1M from Market July 25, 2022 By Michael Phillis ST. LOUIS (AP) — When questioned by members of Congress, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said its new update to...