Emergency Experts Contemplate What FEMA Should Do Next December 14, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman Perhaps no single federal agency has been tested as much by 2020 as the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It has...
Few Requests for Help With Graves Damaged by Hurricane Laura October 5, 2020 By Janet McConnaughey NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Laura damaged nearly 1,900 graves in Louisiana, but fewer than 25 families have asked for help...
Recovery From Hurricane Sally Incomplete on Alabama Coast October 5, 2020 GULF SHORES, Ala. — Alabama’s beaches have reopened, but the state’s coast has hardly recovered fully from the effects of...
U.S. Lawmaker Wants Insurers, Govt to Share Future Pandemic Business Losses May 27, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn U.S. legislation introduced on Tuesday would create a taxpayer-backed insurance program to protect businesses from revenue losses during future pandemics...
U.S. Insurers Propose Taxpayer-Funded Business-Loss Coverage For Future Pandemics May 22, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn With U.S. insurance companies facing criticism over their response to the coronavirus outbreak, three industry groups on Thursday proposed putting...
New Jersey, Other States, Work to Fight Virus Misinformation May 21, 2020 By Mike Catalini and David Klepper TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s top homeland security official received nearly nonstop calls in early March from grocery chains, trucking...
Already Braced for Covid-19, Towns Watch the Rising Mississippi With Fear April 7, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman From her home window, Belinda Constant, mayor of Gretna, Louisiana, watches the mighty Mississippi flow by. Beyond it are the...
Western Iowa Community Finds Flood Recovery a Long Process March 23, 2020 By Nick Hytrek HORNICK, Iowa — For a year now, every time Bob Nelson hears a flood watch has been issued, he’s up...
PG&E Strikes Deal With FEMA Over $3.9 Billion in Fire Claims March 11, 2020 By Mark Chediak and Steven Church PG&E Corp. reached a deal with the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency over $3.9 billion in relief Washington provided after...
US Official Says Pace of Federal Recovery Funds for Puerto Rico Speeding Up February 27, 2020 By Danica Coto SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The newly appointed U.S. official charged with overseeing disaster recovery in Puerto Rico said Tuesday...