A New Mexico pueblo hit by flooding after a wildfire scorched the area is receiving $11 million in federal assistance. The grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency goes to Santa Clara Pueblo for mitigation and restoration efforts. Pueblo Gov. …
Nearly a year after flooding from Tropical Storm Irene devastated villages up and down Vermont’s rivers, hundreds of volunteers are continuing to work with residents trying to rebuild. In Moretown last week, members of a Williston-based church group applied polyurethane …
A southeast Missouri county has been told it won’t be getting any money for damage caused by the activation of the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway last year. The Southeast Missourian reports Mississippi County’s clerk gave county commissioners a letter with …
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is asking Vermonters to share their best photographs of Vermont since Tropical Storm Irene to celebrate the state’s recovery. Shumlin and the Department of Tourism have launched a photo contest called “Build Up Vermont.” People will …
A top state official stunned lawmakers last Friday with the announcement that the Federal Emergency Management Agency apparently was backing away from funding assurances to help replace the Vermont State Hospital and rebuild the Waterbury state office complex that were …
Spring was gloomy in the Vermont ski town of Wilmington, following a winter with little snow on top of the damage and despair caused by Tropical Storm Irene that pummeled the town last August.Streets were quiet, some businesses were barely …
More than 3,000 lots flooded by Hurricane Katrina and bought with federal money in an emergency bailout sit idle across this city — a multimillion-dollar drain on federal, state and city coffers that lends itself to no easy solution. An …
City officials did nothing to contribute to flooding that damaged homes and belongings of property owners who live in a southeast Muskogee, Okla., neighborhood, a study shows. The city commissioned the $11,000 hydrological study as part of its defense against …
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state will give $16 million in grants to communities hit by last year’s damaging storms. The state originally planned to distribute $9 million to 23 counties. But it has come up with another …
Heavy rains caused flash flooding in parts of western Arizona, and a 38-year-old man died as a result of the high waters in Lake Havasu City. Police Sgt. Joe Harrold says the death occurred Friday night as flash flooding hit …
