Although the series of storms caused widespread flooding, the lasting impacts may be a slight reprieve in the drought and propel more funding to repair aging water infrastructure.
Vermont and New Hampshire have requested more than $7 million in federal disaster relief from the Biden Administration for major infrastructure damage that resulted from a severe storm and flood event in late July and early August.
As demolition work ramps up on storm-damaged span, Florida agency remains mum on the impact to the $430-million bridge replacement program's original completion schedule.
Georgia Power officials say Hurricane Matthew was the strongest storm to hit the region in a century; Duke Energy say the storm left large portions of the Carolinas more heavily damaged than projected—on a scale similar to the destruction of Hurricanes Hugo and Floyd