Recovery

A FEMA spokesman said the government will extend the program until July 5.

FEMA funded hotel rooms for 54,640 families during the 308 days the program was active.

Homes and businesses have amassed more than $650,000 in damages.

Ten colonias remained underwater or surrounded by floodwater as of Tuesday morning, and at least 161 people were still living in shelters throughout the region.

They are preparing to combat an expected explosion of disease-carrying mosquitoes.

Emergency management officials say the expected Cascadia subduction zone quake could shake the Rogue Valley so hard that houses could collapse or slide off their foundations, leaving thousands homeless, injured or worse.

Flooding pushed the Rappahannock River well beyond its normal level Saturday because of heavy rains throughout the Fredericksburg region on Friday, but especially upriver to the west.

Houston’s residents and leaders must also do more to increase adoption of flood insurance.

Lighter snowpack, lighter rainfall and higher temperature trends expected to continue through the summer, all of which contribute to a more active fire season.

The Texas National Guard and Border Patrol agents assisted local law enforcement and emergency assistance agencies to rescue stranded motorists and homeowners.

But a majority indicate they don’t have plans in place for such an emergency.

The examination was ordered after Kansas suffered record wildfires in 2016 and 2017 that burned a total of 800,000 acres, caused $80 million in damage, destroyed 6,000 miles of fencing, and killed one person and about 5,000 cattle.

Emergency responders are on the front line to help people. To do that job, some of them carry up to 60 pounds of equipment during extreme temperatures.

Now it’s time for Ottawa County’s residents to sign up in greater numbers.

The city estimates it needs $111 million to repair all of the damage from the fire.