Chair brown the committee will come to order. Thank you to the witnesses for joining us. This hearing is a continuation of our efforts to enact longterm reauthorization of the Flood Insurance program and fip programs. It has been extended 28 times since december 2017. The latest extension will expire march 8 of this year. We will disclose we will discuss local leader perspectives and the challenge of potential solutions to the risks that flooding poses to committees across the country. So many issues, transportation, housing, each of these is a priority for this committee. These leaders know all too well, flooding is the most costly Natural Disaster facing the country. It is devastating to communities in every state. That is one good reason that mayor patterson is here from my state. Landuse patterns play a role in whether people want to and whether people want to admit it or not, Climate Change is only making it worse. It is making extreme weather events more frequent, less predictabl
At 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Chair brown the committee will come to order. Thank you to the witnesses for joining us. This hearing is a continuation of our efforts to enact longterm reauthorization of the Flood Insurance program and fip programs. It has been extended 28 times since december 2017. The latest extension will expire march 8 of this year. We will disclose we will discuss local leader perspectives and the challenge of potential solutions to the risks that flooding poses to committees across the country. So many issues, transportation, housing, each of these is a priority for this committee. These leaders know all too well, flooding is the most costly Natural Disaster facing the country. It is devastating to communities in every state. That is one good reason that mayor patterson is here from my state. Landuse patterns play a role in whether people want to and whether people want to admit it or not, Climate Change is only making it worse. It is making extreme weather events more fr
At 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Chair brown the committee will come to order. Thank you to the witnesses for joining us. This hearing is a continuation of our efforts to enact longterm reauthorization of the Flood Insurance program and fip programs. It has been extended 28 times since december 2017. The latest extension will expire march 8 of this year. We will disclose we will discuss local leader perspectives and the challenge of potential solutions to the risks that flooding poses to committees across the country. So many issues, transportation, housing, each of these is a priority for this committee. These leaders know all too well, flooding is the most costly Natural Disaster facing the country. It is devastating to communities in every state. That is one good reason that mayor patterson is here from my state. Landuse patterns play a role in whether people want to and whether people want to admit it or not, Climate Change is only making it worse. It is making extreme weather events more fr
From cbs news bay area , this is the afternoon edition. A massive fire burns through a building under construction in hayes valley, and hours later, crews are still on the scene keeping an eye on the unstable building. Firefighters had to jump on this one really quickly to keep the flames from destroying even more buildings. Good afternoon, im elizabeth cook. The flames were so intense, several nearby buildings were also impacted. The flames started just after 6 00 a. M. On octavia and oak streets, and within the hour, dozens of trucks raced to the scene. Since this building was under construction, there was no Fire Protection in place. Firefighters say a Quick Response was crucial. Investigators have not said how this fire started and the scaffolding is a hazard so Officials Say just to avoid the area, it is just a skeleton now. Justin andrews has the latest from the scene. Reporter it has been several hours since the initial call came in and here we are, the fire crews are still on t
People are already trying to adapt. Lets take a live look outside, pretty typical summer day, obviously cloudy here in San Francisco. The intense heat could return by the end of the week. First alert meteorologist darren peck joins us with a closer look. It is going to return. We have to start putting triple digits back in the forecast. Okay. The good news is we got a little while before it gets here. Its not coming till the weekend. Well go through the details on the timing and well spotlight the place that will feel it most. Were looking down on antioch from our camera on mount diablo where the temperatures will spike most noticeably. Look how nice things will be most of this week, an 81degree day thursday, should be closer to 90 this time of year. Enjoy these because by the time we get to start, youre at 100 and thats not the top. The theme that will play out for pretty much the entire bay is sunday will be the hottest temperature. When we get there, youll feel it a little more. In