Florida farmers can now tap into $600 million in new hurricane relief, the My Safe Florida Home Program is reportedly slated to get no new money in the next year, and the …
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 …
Governor DeSantis has released his proposed 2025-2026 state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 and it includes added funding for disaster mitigation and recovery programs, as well as insurance regulation. …
In the wake of disaster, we usually see the best and worst humanity has to offer. In the case of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, sadly we’ve started to see the latter, with opportunistic individuals …
The price tag for Tallahassee’s May twisters stands at $50 million and counting, the state eyes a Central Florida warehouse as the site of an emergency hub for disaster supplies and response, and a …
Many of our regular readers have gotten to know my passion for continuing to build a bridge between the heroes in the emergency management field and their counterparts in the property insurance industry. I was pleased to see that this …
La Niña arriving during the upcoming hurricane season might mean wilder waters, temporary housing is extended again to hundreds of Hurricane Ian victims, FEMA reports on its response to last year’s storms and efforts to do better, …
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 …
The state of Florida is creating a new state emergency operations center from the ground up, some insight on Moody’s latest RMS hurricane model and how it will impact insurance ratemaking, plus the federal government …
Wildfire…tornadoes…hurricanes….earthquake…flash floods…and more. All of these catastrophes were the hots topics of conversation and especially instructive for a group of 8th– through 11th-graders from across the country who may one day become our next generation of …
