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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry credited investments in coastal protection and levee infrastructure for how well the bayou weathered Hurricane Francine and hopes it will translate to lower flood insurance premiums.
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On Sunday night as the rain continued to pour down, the tiny culvert through which the South Branch Bullet Hill Brook escapes became clogged with debris, and that ridgeline acted like a dam, water piling up on the far side.
Their South Braeswood location, which has served the neighborhood by Brays Bayou since 1960, is a monument to resilience after Houston's worst natural disasters. Like so many properties in the area, it has been rebuilt over and over again.
While floodwaters have largely receded and the majority of roads across the Danbury area have reopened, officials said they're working to repair damage to roads and assisting residents, including some in Danbury, who were displaced.
The days and weeks immediately after the storm will be what Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Commissioner William Turner called the "initial damage assessment phase."
Big Basin will take a significant step toward recovery, as the California Department of Parks and Recreation holds its first public meeting to unveil three options for rebuilding the 18,000-acre park’s facilities.
Unlike most other high-profile U.S. mass school shootings in the past decade, including a recent one at Michigan State University, there has never been a so-called After Action Review of the attack on Oxford High School.
New Yorkers in some counties whose property was damaged in last week's storm can apply for funding for repairs from the Division of Homes and Community Renewal. The state is working to determine if federal funds are also available.
A former firefighter has developed an environmentally friendly aerial suppression system using expanding foam that the company says is far more efficient in putting out fires than other methods.
"We're taking all necessary actions now to prepare and will have crews in position at our work centers throughout the state before the storm hits so they can get to any damage locations and restore power quickly and safely.”
High-tide flooding has increased by 250 percent in the Pacific Islands and by 350 percent in the western Gulf since 2000, but projections suggest fewer events in 2024.
In August 2021, the Caldor Fire, one of the most destructive wildfires in California history, burned 175 of these cabins in its march up and over the Sierra Nevada crest, from Placerville to the Tahoe Basin.
A new tool from Rebuild by Design shows climate change is an equal opportunity hazard. But spending money ahead of time on mitigation and prevention can be more cost-effective than committing it after disaster strikes.
Lawmakers specified during the special session the recovery money can go anywhere, like for fire and flood relief efforts in northern New Mexico, besides the $10 million for the Mescalero Apache Tribe.
With the added tools, researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and Rutgers University hope to pinpoint the source, strength and duration of recent aftershocks while better identifying where the first quake originated.
Residents must bring a completed form to the city clerk's office. A third-party company, not the city, will determine whether applicants are eligible for assistance and notify them of their determination, according to a Facebook post.
