Florida’s emergency fund is checked by the House, FEMA puts up money for Hurricane Milton repairs to Tropicana Field, and eight GOP senators lead another charge to scrap FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 …
Forecasters adjust expectations for the rest of the 2025 hurricane season, a bipartisan FEMA reform bill emerges in Congress, and the My Safe Florida Home program opens applications with $280 million to help homeowners get …
Florida legislative leaders approve $850 million to cover expenses for now from the 2024 hurricanes, a new AI system can help us stay alert before and after hurricanes strike, and some enormous all-terrain …
Tropical Storm Helene brought many things up through the Appalachian Mountains and Eastern Tennessee in late September of 2024: historic rainfall, terrible floods, significantly damaged infrastructure and a wake-up call for many counties completely ill-equipped to handle flooding at this …
The Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) recently launched its much anticipated Elevate Florida program, the first residential mitigation program of its kind in the Sunshine State. FDEM Director Kevin Guthrie alluded to …
As Floridians scramble to rebuild after an eventful 2024 hurricane season, they’ll want to start several feet above flood level. Elevating homes above the base flood elevation – the level of high water in a so-called …
The recent South Florida deluge generates several thousand automobile insurance claims for flooded vehicles and a data call, Tallahassee gets a federal disaster declaration for last month’s tornados, there’s new money for home mitigation …
Six months after Hurricane Idalia struck the Florida Big Bend region as a major Category 3 hurricane, FEMA and the federal government have provided more than $820 million to help with disaster recovery with more …
The very latest on Hurricane Idalia and Ian claims, how natural catastrophes are on track to set another record this year, the impact of those natural disasters on …
The Florida Legislature is also continuing its work on disaster recovery efforts from last year’s Hurricanes Ian and Nicole and now the recent Hurricane Idalia from August 30. The House Select Committee on Hurricane Resiliency …
