Recovery

Legislation introduced in Congress aims to help homeowners better understand the rising costs of premiums under the National Flood Insurance Program, part of FEMA's newly implemented Risk Rating 2.0 initiative.

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.

Gov. Ned Lamont has formally requested federal disaster relief to help the state recover from the historic floods that destroyed 80 businesses and 19 homes. The state is also asking to join FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

Members of Congress met in Lahaina this week to evaluate what worked and what didn't in the government's response to the August 2023 fire that destroyed most of the town and killed 102.

Initial reports show fires have destroyed as many as 28 homes and 73 structures. Much of the damage has been to grazing land and livestock, heavily impacting the ranching community in eastern Oregon.

About 3 million cubic yards of sediment will be dredged from the lake to create 400 acres of new wetlands and as the base for a new armored earthen embankment along the lake's northwestern edge.

The Coffee Pot Fire that started southeast of the town of Three Rivers in Tulare County grew from 3,678 acres on Tuesday to 5,044 acres by Wednesday evening, and has no containment, according to park officials.

The slide area remained unstable, authorities said Monday. A team of geologists was expected to evaluate the potential for additional ground movement Monday morning before crews start the recovery process.

Liberty Mutual is retiring the "antiquated" technology it uses to manage the dwelling fire policies, "and it is not feasible to create a new system to support this product in California."

There needs to be more study of how to best reach as many homeowners as possible when agencies ask them to take action against fires, though it’s impossible to reach every single one. It’s hard to define a “fire-adapted” community.

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.