A developing El Niño impacts the 2026 hurricane forecast, the National Hurricane Center releases another change to its hurricane cone graphic, FEMA reopens grants through the BRIC program after a court order, and grants …
Wildfire season arrives early in Florida kindled by the statewide drought, the My Safe Florida Home program is pushing free inspections before hurricane season, and FEMA launches its Archived Flood Data website to provide faster …
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 …
Florida’s rural counties hit hard by the 2024 hurricanes get needed infrastructure improvement funding, St. Petersburg talks phase two of its hurricane rebuilding, and a Southwest Florida fire station wiped-out in 2022’s Hurricane Ian is back …
The New York Times reports that private flood insurance provider Neptune Flood has proposed to White House officials that the private sector could take over a vast majority of policies from the beleaguered …
The FEMA Review Council’s big recommendations are postponed amid leaked reports of its draft report, while the My Safe Florida Home Program is touted as a model for insurance premium savings in …
The federal shutdown has sweeping effects on FEMA, the federal flood insurance program lapse is impacting home sales, while Florida’s Congressmen continue the push for long-term reforms to that program with two new bills requiring …
Fort Lauderdale will need $1.6 billion to stave off future floods, FEMA’s new flood maps include parts of Clearwater for the first time, and reinsurers meet with the FEMA Review Council in pursuit …
The FEMA Review Council releases some recommendations on how to change FEMA, a Congressional committee approves its own FEMA fix, artificial intelligence had the best initial forecast in last month’s hurricane, and Florida …
Welcome to the heart of the Atlantic Hurricane Season (and our first scare), where from early September through mid-October, the greatest number of hurricanes usually develop – with the greatest number of landfalls, too. This past Friday morning, the National …
