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States across the country have not used billions of dollars from FEMA intended to reduce damage from flooding and other ...
Stormy weather in Texas, Massachusetts and around the world is becoming more frequent and severe as the climate changes, say ...
Local officials in Kerr County continue facing public scrutiny after days of seeming to deflect questions about their ...
Hot, dry summer days are here – and so is wildfire season in the Willamette Valley. The National Interagency Fire Center ...
The city and Tlingit & Haida are considering more than a hundred projects to reduce risks in the Juneau area as part of a ...
Flood risks are intensifying as Texas experiences more extreme rainfall. State climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon and colleagues at Texas A&M University found that extreme one-day precipitation has ...
Kerr County failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars ...
Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended ...
Belmont County is updating its hazard mitigation plan, a crucial tool used to identify potential threats that could adversely ...