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Wisconsin Counties Plan Fix for 2018 Flood Damage

Two neighboring counties in southern Wisconsin are taking steps to address last year’s widespread flooding that drenched streets, damaged homes and caused lakes to spill over. Dane County has budgeted more than $18 million this year to go toward flood …

Homeowners Slow Louisiana Flood Recovery

With tens of thousands of Louisiana homes damaged by floodwaters last year, you might expect a mad dash from homeowners scrambling to seek the $1.3 billion in federal recovery aid available for repairs and rebuilding. Instead, state officials still are …

West Virginia County Gets Flood Repair Funds

Emergency stream repairs will be done in an area of McDowell County, W.Va., hit by severe flooding. Flash flooding damaged roads, bridges and homes in the Bull Creek area of western McDowell County in early June. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin …

FEMA offers $2M to Settle Iowa Water Works Agency Flood Repair Suit

The Des Moines Waterworks board is scheduled to consider a settlement offer of more than $2 million from the federal government to resolve a lawsuit over flood repair funding approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and later withdrawn. The …