From HSToday: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $715 Million to Boost Flood Resilience Nationwide

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $715 Million to Boost Flood Resilience Nationwide

From CNN: One storm, 95 dead and a 500-mile path of destruction. Now comes the hard work of recovering from Helene. (Sept.30)

From CNN: Southeast grapples with loss and destruction as Helene leaves over 60 dead, traps families and knocks out power

Communities in the Southeast are grappling with widespread devastation after Helene made landfall as the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida’s Big Bend region Thursday and tore through multiple states, killing at least 62 people, knocking out power to millions and trapping families in floodwaters. In hard-hit North Carolina, days of unrelenting flooding have turned roads into waterways, left many without basic necessities and overloaded state resources.

From the Congressional Research Service, this 4 page report: Hurricane Helene Recovery: Brief Overview of FEMA Programs and Resources

From the NY Times: Hurricane Ian Proved Why Ron DeSantis’s Version of Climate Resilience Is a Disaster. One excerpt:

“Resilience, Florida style, turned out to mean something different than what climate advocates might have imagined. It primarily meant using taxpayer money to protect the rampant development of low-lying areas such as Lee County — development that some of Governor DeSantis’s staunchest campaign contributors helped lead.”

From the WashPost: The 4 biggest hazards still to come from Hurricane Helene. “The impacts of the storm, which made landfall in Florida as a Category 4, will be felt by those even hundreds of miles away from its center.”

News accounts say more than 3 1/2 million homes/businesses are without power.

From the WashPost: The 5 Hurricane categories explained: What Does Each Look Like?

FEMA Urges Gulf Coast Residents and Visitors to Prepare Now Ahead of Potential Major Storm

From VermontPublic: FEMA’s plodding bureaucracy exacts financial toll on Vermont towns

“The purse was dry, Smith said, because Lyndon still hadn’t received any money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the floods that devastated this Northeast Kingdom town last year.“

New Book Coming: U.S. Emergency Management in the 21st Century; From Disaster to Catastrophe/ 2nd edition. Due out in 2025.