Despite Growing Climate Risk, Storm-Prone States Ease Building Codes March 20, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle The showdown in the Florida statehouse last year had all the drama of a knock-down political brawl: Powerful industries clashing....
FEMA to End Hotel Room Shelters for Florida Irma Victims March 9, 2018 Federal disaster officials are ending a program that paid for hotel rooms for more than 27,000 Florida households in the...
Texas Launches Tool to Track Harvey Recovery February 28, 2018 By EMILY SCHMALL Texas launched a public online tool to track incoming and outgoing funds for Hurricane Harvey recovery on Monday, six months...
Research Confirms Disaster Resilient Building Investment Pays Off February 7, 2018 For every dollar the government spends to make existing buildings more resistant to wildfires, earthquakes, floods and hurricanes, $6 is...
Appeals Court Denies Louisiana’s $586M Demand to FEMA to Fix Barrier Islands February 5, 2018 A federal appeals court has rejected Louisiana’s contention that the federal government should pay $586 million to restore barrier islands...
California Town Will Most Likely Consider Future Floods When it Rebuilds January 16, 2018 By JUSTIN PRITCHARD and CHRISTOPHER WEBER After power and drinking water return, and cleanup crews haul away the last of the boulders and muck that splintered...
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,...