January 8, 2024
More than six years after Hurricane Harvey flooded thousands of homes and killed more than 80 people on the Texas Coast, the city of Houston has yet to allocate $200 million in federal relief funds to victims, according to the …
July 7, 2023
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Federal disaster funding has been made available to North Dakota to deal with damages caused by major spring flooding following record snowfall. The money became available on Wednesday, when President Joe Biden approved North Dakota Gov. …
August 23, 2017
President Donald Trump’s emergency management director said he’s pushing for an overhaul of disaster relief so that states, cities and homeowners bear more of the costs, and less of the risk falls on the federal government. Brock Long, who was …
December 13, 2016
In January, Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Craig Fugate gave states a choice for dealing with climate change. Option A: Do nothing about the rising toll of extreme weather, and hope Congress’s threats to restrict disaster aid — by raising …