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New Jersey Towns to Share $7.5M for Flood Buyouts

Two New Jersey towns will share $7.5 million in federal grants to fund the acquisition and demolition of homes in flood-prone areas. Woodbridge will receive more than $3.8 million to buy and demolish 98 homes and Manville will receive $3.7 …

Texas Residents Await Help 6 Months After Halloween Flood

After riding out the Halloween flood on his roof with his wife and four terrified children, Abraham Perdomo would rather be living somewhere else. Somewhere safer, where his daughter isn’t afraid of sleeping alone and none of them have to …

West Virginia County Buying Flood-Prone Homes

The Wayne County, West Virginia, Commission is acquiring more than a dozen flood-prone homes in Spring Valley. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing a $1.2 million Hazard Mitigation Grant for the project. The state will provide $500,000. County Administrator …