Fewer Louisiana Homeowners Than Expected Seek Aid After 2016 Floods August 16, 2018 Louisiana expects to spend $649 million on homeowner rebuilding aid after the 2016 floods, only about half the federal money...
Hawaii Plans $550M Request for Disaster Recovery August 13, 2018 Big Island Mayor Harry Kim is planning to ask the state Legislature for $550 million for disaster recovery following the...
Flood Damage Caused by Hurricane Harvey Boosts Insurance in Texas August 1, 2018 By JUAN A. LOZANO and MEGHAN HOYER Little more than two months before Hurricane Harvey slammed the Gulf Coast of Texas, Alberto Castaneda let his home’s flood...
Many Tarps Remain in Puerto Rico as New Storm Season Looms June 26, 2018 By BEN FOX Hurricane Maria ripped away part of the steel roof from Carmen Lidia Torres Mercado’s home in the Puerto Rican capital....
Costlier Disasters Push U.S. to Buy Reinsurance June 15, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle The federal government, seeking to protect itself from the growing cost of natural disasters, is borrowing a technique from the...
Cities Still Await 2017 Aid as New Hurricane Season Starts June 4, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle Allen Owen, the mayor of Missouri City, Texas, wants to do more to protect his town from the next disaster....
As Hurricane Season Begins Critics Ask if FEMA is Ready May 31, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle With just a week to go before hurricane season, top jobs at the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency remain vacant...
Federal Legislation Introduced to Help Connecticut Homeowners With Crumbling Foundations May 1, 2018 By SUSAN HAIGH Connecticut’s Democratic U.S. senators announced Wednesday they’ve introduced federal legislation to help state homeowners with concrete foundations crumbling from the...
Advocates Say Harvey Recovery Funds May Prioritize Wealthy April 30, 2018 By WILL WEISSERT Advocacy groups said Friday that Texas is poised to unfairly distribute billions in federal funding provided for housing repairs following...
FEMA Eyes Letting People Rebuild Homes After Taxpayer Buyouts April 26, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle The Federal Emergency Management Agency is proposing to allow owners of homes destroyed by storms and bought out by the...