Disaster-Mitigation Programs May Be Cut, Despite Proven Savings January 12, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle Federal programs to protect Americans against extreme weather and other natural disasters save even more money than previously thought, according...
FEMA Reflects on Historic Year of Catastrophes January 4, 2018 2017 will be a year remembered for the catastrophic disasters that resulted in 59 major disaster declarations, 16 emergency declarations...
Oregon City’s Businesses Frustrated by Delayed Flood Maps December 21, 2017 By BRENNA VISSER, The Daily Astorian For the past two years, Cheri Lerma of Cheri’s Cafe & Cannon Beach Cookie has spent almost $10,000 on flood...
Lack of Transparency Clouds Texas Spending After Harvey December 19, 2017 By EMILY SCHMALL Texas has been awarded billions in federal aid to help recover from Hurricane Harvey and the devastating flooding that followed,...
Over 20% of U.S. Properties at Risk for Flood Not in Designated Flood Zones December 5, 2017 An estimated 23 percent of residential and commercial properties in the U.S. are at High or Moderate risk of flooding,...
Lawmaker Calls for Audit of Hurricane Maria Tarp Contract December 4, 2017 By TAMI ABDOLLAH A U.S. lawmaker wants the Homeland Security Department inspector general to review contracts worth $30 million awarded to a fledgling...
FEMA’s Staff `Tapped Out’ After Mounting Disasters December 1, 2017 By Daniel Flatley The recent spate of natural disasters hitting the U.S. has left staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency “tapped out”...
Big Contracts, No Storm Tarps for Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria November 30, 2017 By TAMI ABDOLLAH and MICHAEL BIESECKER After Hurricane Maria damaged tens of thousands of homes in Puerto Rico, a newly created Florida company with an unproven...
FEMA Reconsiders Ban on Disaster Aid to Church Buildings November 8, 2017 By DAVID A. LIEB When disaster strikes, houses of worship are often on the front lines, feeding and sheltering victims. Yet churches, synagogues and...
FEMA Official Says Weather-Related Disasters Cost U.S. $200M a Day November 2, 2017 By MICHAEL BIESECKER The U.S. is spending more than $200 million a day responding to recent hurricanes and wildfires, the head of the...