Finance & Commerce

Floodwater management projects lessened Milwaukee flood damage

Gov. Evers requests presidential disaster declaration. FEMA found $33M in damage, 1,500 homes hit hard. Milwaukee sewerage district flood projects mitigated risk. Greenseams program protects ...
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

FEMA blocked from diverting natural disaster protection program funds

NATIONWIDE — THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS BLOCKED FROM reallocating $4 billion in Congressionally-allocated funds earmarked to help communities protect against natural disasters, a federal judge in ...
KVUE

Texas congressman fights to restore FEMA disaster response cuts after July floods

AUSTIN, Texas — While state lawmakers continue to debate flood response bills during this special session, a Texas Democrat in the U.S. House of Representative is pushing to reverse cuts to ...
Opinion

Trump administration cuts turned rural towns into sitting ducks for disasters

The Trump administration has delayed billions of dollars for projects to protect Americans from floods, wildfires and hurricanes. Local leaders are increasingly anxious.
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Project NOAH set to receive P1B next year to aid in flood control planning

MANILA, Philippines — Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards), the country’s flagship disaster risk reduction and management program, will be getting a long-overdue boost ...