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Tag: FEMA

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Uncertainty swirls around FEMA, NOAA ahead of ‘above-normal’ hurricane season

Avatar photo by Inside Climate News May 27, 2025June 14, 2025

Hurricane season arrives amid widespread uncertainty over the role the Trump administration will play in disaster response and recovery.

The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club has started elevation work to prevent future flood damage at their clubhouse on N. Broad St.
Posted inEnvironment

Progress underway on Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club’s flood mitigation project

Avatar photo by John Gray November 20, 2024November 20, 2024
Thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors from New Orleans were bussed to refuge at this Red Cross shelter in the Houston Astrodome.
Posted inEnvironment

They settled in Houston after Katrina — and then faced a political storm

Grist avatar by Grist August 29, 2024August 27, 2024
Posted inEnvironment, Housing, Justice

Climate change is destroying public housing and displacing women of color

19th symbol by The 19th September 28, 2023June 10, 2024
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New Orleans didn’t get new federal disaster resilience cash. But FEMA says that’s a good sign.

Drew Costley by Drew Costley September 18, 2023September 18, 2023
Though many Gulf Coast homes are raised high into the air to protect from hurricane storm surge and flooding, many of them were torn apart by Hurricane Ida's winds, which gusted up to 172 mph as it was making landfall.
Posted inEnvironment

FEMA gives 90 more days for Hurricane Ida appeals

Katy Reckdahl by Katy Reckdahl March 3, 2023August 10, 2023
Few places illustrate the need for an extension better than Louisiana’s bayou communities
Posted inNews

As Ida deadline looms, coastal residents still struggling

Katy Reckdahl by Katy Reckdahl February 14, 2023August 10, 2023
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