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Gov. Bob Ferguson has also asked President Donald Trump for $21.3 million in individual assistance for people whose homes were damaged in December's catastrophic flooding. It will cover only part of the cost to the state. -
As "500 year" floods become nearly annual events, the founder of the nonprofit Disaster Accountability Project explains why staffing cuts at the federal level are so dangerous for states and local communities.
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The county in Texas Hill Country accepted the funds from the state following last summer's deadly flooding on the Guadalupe River. Neighboring Kerr County accepted a similar state grant this week.
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The new plan "is correcting long standing inequities in the current pricing scheme ... Policy holders with lower value homes who have been paying more than they should will no longer bear the cost for property owners with higher value homes who have been paying less than they should."
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After Hurricane Ike hit in 2008, pushing a 17-foot storm surge over Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula, causing $30 billion of damage and killing 43 people, there was a collective epiphany.
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Miami is already experiencing such groundwater flooding. The Atlantic Ocean has risen enough that it routinely pushes subterranean water levels so they breach the land's surface in some neighborhoods there on a daily basis.
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The National Weather Service in New Orleans says 2-4 inches of rain have fallen. Another 1.25-2.5 inches of rain is expected to fall in an hour in portions of the warned areas.
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Ida overwhelmed sewers in minutes when it barreled in over the city on Sept. 1, flooding entire neighborhoods, causing stormwater to surge into people’s homes and killing at least 13 New Yorkers.
