Articles Tagged with ''FEMA''

Agency publishes updated flood standard requiring project participants who rebuild after disaster to consider future flood risks. 

An AECOM employee allegedly filed inflated disaster recovery applications for educational institutions impacted by the 2005 hurricane.

The agency picked 273 projects to share in the grants, which are not generally greater than $50 million.

But damage and economic impact cost could reach $6 billion, says a Moody's estimate, as President Joe Biden releases funds for emergency repairs and announces FEMA official as federal coordinator for long-term reconstruction

President Joe Biden disaster declaration for hard-hit historic center Lahaina and other affected areas on Aug. 10 makes federal funds available for recovery, even as fires are not fully contained.

Protests by Fluor and CDM Smith had challenged emergency response agency bid evaluation as too subjective and objected to a single-award blanket purchase agreement.

The federal program could be a model for similar risk-reduction efforts, say researchers. 

As the 2022 hurricane season begins, cities such as Lake Charles, La., are still recovering from and repairing major damage caused by unprecedented back-to-back storms in 2020 and 2021.

Mitigating hazards during demolition and the site’s residential location tested the team on the rebuild of Cohen College Prep High School.

The new plan will completely reorganize flood-control planning into 15 districts organized by the state's major river basins.