be better prepared for the next storm by improving infrastructure and putting better warning systems in place to alert people of the danger. we have seawalls that need to be raised. we have sewers built 100 years we really need help from the federal government to get back on our feet and get ready for the future because we can t abandon communities. reporter: federal disaster assistance includes grants for temporary housing and home repairs and low cost loans to cover uninsured property losses. mayor de blasio saying the city plans to send teams to go door to door to make sure people sign up for federal storm relief benefits. athena jones, cnn, queens, new york. and to the changing face of american labor, a 40 year sea change to an older and more diverse work force. 40 years ago teenagers made up 8% of all u.s. workers. by 2019, just 3% and people 65
storm by improving infrastructure and putting better warning systems in place to alert people of the danger. we have seawalls that need to be raised. we have, you know, sewers that were built 100 years ago. we really need help from the federal government to get back on our feet and get ready for the future because we can t abandon communities. reporter: the federal disaster assistance to individuals and businesses includes grants for temporary housing and home repairs and low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses. mayor bill de blasio saying the city plans to send teams to go door to door in all affected areas to mac ke sure people sig up for benefits. the united states marked the unofficial end of summer over the weekend, but the country s covid crisis is far from over. the u.s. is now averaging nearly 164,000 new cases each day, and
assistance includes things like grants for temporary housing to pay for temporary housing, grants to pay for home repairs and loans to cover the cost of things of property losses that were uninsured. this person who lives here has already spent multiple nights in a hotel at $169 a pop, having to pay for food for him and his family. so his main concern is not just if the aid comes but that the aid comes quickly and without a lot of red tape and that state and federal resources are here to help them on what is going to be a long road to recovery. because repairing this kind of damage is not a one-day or one-week deal. another part of the focus of course is on the idea of improving infrastructure and also making sure there are better warning systems in place so that people have a better understanding of just how dangerous a flood can be, and particularly a flash flood. that is one thing we re hearing government officials discuss. jim? that was certainly part of the message today. no que
reporter: this has been a very stubborn fire, this tamarack fire that is burning near the nevada-california border. it broke out on the 4th of july with a lightning strike and it remained very small until this past weekend when it absolutely exploded. it went from about 500 acres to now about 40,000 acres. and since then we re seeing little to no containment. fortunately, the property losses have been limited but you do have a number of communities that have been forced to evacuate. cnn s dan simon reporting there. i spoke earlier with craig clements, professor of meteorology at san jose state university. i asked him what can be done to prevent these devastating fires. well, one thing is forest management. we need to really look at how we manage the fuels, like the trees, the shrubs, and we need to get more prescribed fire, this is purposely set fires, back into the ecosystems because that reduces the amount of stuff that can burn and it reduces it
injured. . and three those suffering property losses that they can t recover. a tragic set of circumstances and scenario. no doubt. what about potential buyers and other people actually living there? there are reports that buyers now are asking for engineering reports before they buy a condo. not just in that area but all over, but they are having a hard time getting that. is it typical to offer that information when somebody is looking to make a purchase like that? i mean, what is the expectation that real estate will have on the coast there? so, a couple of things, christi. number one is for sure if you are ever in the market of this, right, people don t think about that. and who does. you go into a building, expect it to be safe, secure. you are not really looking at that. i think this being a major wakeup call for any purchasers to to say, hey, what is the