Blue Ridge Public Radio - Wed April 02, 2025
With FEMA Easing Major Floodplain Construction Rules, Impact on Storm Recovery Unclear
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is no longer enforcing certain rules around rebuilding in floodplains as a Trump administration decision rolls some federal funding criteria back to pre-Obama administration standards....
The Maine Monitor - Wed March 12, 2025
More Than Year After Destructive Storms Slammed Maine's Coast, Communities Shift to Resiliency
When last year's winter storms devastated the Maine coast, Sam Belknap's family wharf on Round Pond Harbor in Bristol was saved by its concrete floor. The surface, which his family poured years ago when they put in a seafood processing room, provided enough weight to keep most of the wharf from floating away....
Virginia DCR & Norfolk Daily Press - Tue March 04, 2025
Army Corp Removes Storm Debris From Va.'s Claytor Lake
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), in partnership with three other federal and Virginia state agencies, has completed post-Hurricane Helene debris removal at Claytor Lake and demobilized the operations center at Claytor Lake State Park....
CEG Staff - Wed November 13, 2024
FEMA Grants $10M to Enhance Safety of Marlette Lake Dam Near Carson City
U.S. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen of Nevada announced on Oct. 22 that the Federal Emergency Management Agency was making a $10 million grant "to enhance the safety and functionality of the Marlette Lake Dam, reducing the risk of a dam breach during an earthquake," according to a news release, the Nevada Appeal reported....
Portsmouth Herald - Thu April 25, 2024
Federal Funds Approved to Repair N.H.'s January Storm Damage, Improve Resiliency
Beside the shores of New Hampshire's Rye Harbor, pummeled in January by coastal storms, officials from local, state and federal agencies gathered April 22 to discuss the future resiliency of the N.H....
CEG - Mon September 20, 2021
Connecticut DOT to Make Repairs Following Tropical Storm Ida
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) has assumed remediation of the "slope failure" caused by Tropical Storm Ida's heavy rains near the TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, which left a refined products pipeline exposed and dozens of feet of train rails unsupported....
Baltimore Sun - Wed June 02, 2021
Four Annapolis, Md., Projects in FY 2022 Budget Could Change City's Landscape
In April, the city of Annapolis, Md., received word that the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) would finally award a $3 million grant to help pay for a proposed stormwater pump on Compromise Street in the Maryland capital to address flooding and other climate-related impacts....
Talk Business & Politics - Mon December 21, 2020
Repairs Begin on Arkansas Pump Stations Damaged in 2019 Flood
A year and a half after the historic flooding of the Arkansas River in May 2019 damaged several Fort Smith, Ark., pump stations, more than $4 million in much-needed repairs are finally under way. There is a total of 13 building permits for repairs to the pump stations by Russellville, Ark.-based Van Horn Construction Inc....
Charleston Gazette-Mail - Mon September 21, 2020
FEMA Head Tours New West Virginia High School Construction Site
The new Herbert Hoover High School campus beginning to take shape near Elkview, W.V., "is an excellent example of planning with foresight," said Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) chief Pete T....
CEG - Mon March 09, 2020
FEMA Agrees to Pay $300M for Oroville Dam Repairs
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) In an unusual reversal, federal regulators agreed to cover about $300 million in repair costs at the Oroville Dam, where a spillway collapse three years ago prompted the evacuation of nearly 190,000 people in Northern California....
