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FEMA Refuses to Fund Portion of Oroville Spillway's Rebuild

March 20, 2019

While the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved $205 million in federal funds to reimburse California for costs to reconstruct the Oroville Dam spillways damaged by 2017 flooding, it declined to pay the remaining $306 million that the state’s Dept. of Water Resources (DWR) had requested.

Historic Midwest Flooding Destroys Roads, Bridges, Dams and Levees

And Waters Keep On Rising

Pam Radtke Russell

Mark Shaw

March 18, 2019

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The region is still in flood-fight mode as Missouri and Mississippi river basins top record river heights from rains and snowfall.

Flood Gauges Track Hurricane Florence's Historic Trendline

Jim Parsons

December 12, 2018

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According to a new analysis, U.S. Geological Survey stream gauges in the Carolinas recorded many instances of record-setting water levels during Hurricane Florence in September, with the majority of those eclipsing previous historic peaks set just two years prior during Hurricane Matthew.

Work to Start on French Market Flood Wall Repairs

Autumn Cafiero Giusti

November 6, 2017

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is embarking on a $4.53 million project to replace a 400-ft-long section of Mississippi River flood wall behind the French Market.

Natural Disasters

Corps Expects Overtopping at Lake Okeechobee Construction Sites From Irma

September 6, 2017

Updated hurricane forecast prompts officials to warn of significant overwash and limited-to-moderate overtopping at several coffer dams on Herbert Hoover Dike in Florida.

Storm Repair Funds Roll Out, but Louisiana Seeks an Increase

Tom Ichniowski

Tom Sawyer

October 26, 2016

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Federal agencies are continuing to provide disaster-relief funds to states recovering from this year’s storms and floods, including Hurricane Matthew.

Disaster Relief

Louisiana Seeks $4B More in Federal Flood-Recovery Funds

Funds would be on top of $438M in HUD-awarded emergency block grants

Tom Ichniowski

October 24, 2016

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Expected FY 2017 spending bill in lame-duck session could be vehicle for disaster-recovery funds.

Louisiana Flooding Prompts Cleanup, Recovery

Tom Ichniowski

Debra K. Rubin

August 31, 2016

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Federal agencies commit funding for repairs from damaging August rains; AECOM wins contract to manage home-fix program.

Disaster Relief

Louisiana Flood Recovery Begins, Federal Aid Starts to Flow

State transportation department reports six bridges out of service statewide

Tom Ichniowski

Debra K. Rubin

August 26, 2016

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Louisiana ACEC official says at least 40,000 homes were flooded and high water eroded the bases of many roads.

Flood Insurance

A Step Toward Disaster-Recovery Sanity

Congress can open the door to private flood insurance

May 11, 2016

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The U.S. House of Representatives edged U.S. flood insurance policy—and with it, risk financing needed to rebuild after losses from flooding—closer to rationality with a unanimous vote April 28.