A destructive storm rising from warm waters. Again. America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion dollar tropical catastrophes like Hurricane Laura, which menaced the U.S. Gulf Coast, because of a combination of increased coastal development, natural …
The showdown in the Florida statehouse last year had all the drama of a knock-down political brawl: Powerful industries clashing. Warnings of death and destruction. And a surprise last-minute vote, delivering a sweeping reform bill to the governor’s desk. The …
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 …
Two of the country’s top disaster experts challenged emergency managers and forecasters from Texas to Maine to help educate coastal residents and developers about hurricane hazards. Speaking at the National Hurricane Conference in Orlando, the head of the Federal Emergency …
Real estate brokers have joined the chorus of those asking Congress to halt some of the changes to the nation’s flood insurance program that will raise premiums for some owners of property in flood zones. At the invitation of Florida …
Pressure continues to build in Congress to delay implementation of flood insurance reforms that are raising premiums for thousands of property owners across the country. But the man in charge of administering the program says he does not have the …
The emergency management chief for the United States is warning that Floridians are in “denial” about the threat posed by hurricanes. Craig Fugate is the administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He said many Floridians wrongly believe they have …
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said people who buy federal flood insurance need to plan for big rate hikes. FEMA director Craig Fugate said some people now paying hundreds of dollars a year could wind up paying …
President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration for the Navajo Nation this week, making it the second American Indian tribe to receive such a declaration after a law change in January. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina …
The U.S. disaster fund likely will run out of money by early spring because of costs from Superstorm Sandy, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said on Tuesday. FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund has about $4.88 billion but …
