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NASA Looking at Louisiana Delta System

Erosion, sinking land and sea rise from climate change have killed the Louisiana woods where a 41-year-old Native American chief played as a child. Not far away in the Mississippi River delta system, middle-school students can stand on islands that …

U.S. Insurers Lag Euro Counterparts in Climate Rating Report

Legislation to provide farmers with tools to help New York efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change is making its way through state Legislature. The Soil Health and Climate Resiliency Act passed the Assembly unanimously last week, and was …

Alaska Governor Declares Disaster Following Flooding

Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a disaster for the city of Buckland and Native Village of Buckland in northwest Alaska following flooding from an ice jam last week, his office announced. Dunleavy, in a statement, said the flooding caused “significant damage …

Flooding from Fire-Charred Area Threatens Arizona City

It’s nearly two years since a fire burned nearly 3.1 square miles in hills north of Flagstaff but rows of concrete barriers and stacks of sandbags remain in place in neighborhoods along a wash. That’s because heavy storm runoff flowing …

Federal Grant to Bolster Merrimack River Against Floods, Pollution

A $250,000 federal grant aims to protect the Merrimack River, which provides drinking water to over 600,000 people. The grant will protect the river from climate change, pollution and development pressures in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, NHPR reported. According to …

New Jersey to Bake Climate Change Risk Into Policies, Share Costs

New Jersey will incorporate the impacts of climate change and rising seas into all its major policy decisions in the near future, and will seek to share the costs of protecting the state among all levels of government and the …

Concerns Raised over Possible Flooding in Western Alaska

A heavy winter snowpack along the Kuskokwim River could make flooding likely this year in western Alaska, a federal weather official said. “I’m especially concerned about the lower villages” along the Johnson River, a tributary of the Kuskokwim, National Weather …

New York City Begins $1.5B Project to Protect Manhattan from Floods

New York City has embarked on a $1.45 billion resiliency project in lower Manhattan along the East River, an area devastated by flooding in 2012 during Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. The city’s East Side Coastal Resiliency project, …

La Niña Is Fading But California, Gulf Coast Still Face Risks

La Niña, the cooling of the equatorial Pacific that shifts weather patterns the world over, is fading away. But California may still be prone to dryness, and the U.S. Gulf Coast faces the risk of another busy hurricane season. Water …

3 Homeowners Get $1.1M for 2017 Nevada Flood Damage

A Washoe County judge in Nevada has ordered Reno to pay $1.1 million to owners of three homes that flooded north of the city four years ago as dozens of others continue to press related battles in federal court over …