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Hurricane season is here, but FEMA’s policy change could leave low-income areas less protected | The Conversation
With those disasters in mind, the Federal Emergency Management Agency made a big change to its Local Mitigation Planning ...
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New FEMA chief sparks frustration with head-turning statement at staff meeting: 'Disaster response is no joke'
"If you don’t know what or when hurricane season is, you’re not qualified to run FEMA." New FEMA chief sparks frustration ...
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Emergency Office Urges Residents to ‘Be Prepared’
County prepared for an emergency, such as the fire that occurred in April in Ocean County? County officials say "yes," but ...
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US disaster agency sparks concern with baffling move as hurricane season begins: 'Not ready'
Just about two weeks before the start of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...
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Staff vacancies hit Texas weather offices as they brace for a busy hurricane season
Houston’s National Weather Service office has lost its head meteorologist amid a federal requirement to cut 10% of NOAA’s ...
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After the Flood
Residents of Brevard’s Cherry Street neighborhood are still in RVs, carrying two mortgages, or living in construction zones.
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Climate Challenge Looms Over Mayor’s Race Dominated by Other Issues
Myrie, as part of his Black Agenda, emphasizes investing in flooding solutions and sewer upgrades in specific flood-prone communities and expanding job training in industries related to clean energy ...
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The Massive Dollar Store In Alabama That’s Almost Too Good To Be True
Now imagine an entire building dedicated to that feeling, and you’ve got the Dollar General in Coden, Alabama – a discount wonderland that proves paradise doesn’t require a platinum credit card. That ...
Opinion
Unfixable FEMA puts the ‘disaster’ into ‘disaster recovery’
We thought reform was possible. We were wrong. We were brought to Puerto Rico to fix FEMA’s broken disaster recovery processes after Hurricane Maria struck in 2017. Our team of seven Lean Six ...