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Maine s decades-old flood maps don t always factor in sea rise and climate change

As Congress looks to reauthorize the chronically-underfunded National Flood Insurance Program next week, much of Maine is operating with flood maps that are decades old, if they exist at all. And the new maps that are being drawn are not designed.

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The Solution to FEMA s Budget Woes Is Not More Money | The Heritage Foundation

Pumping additional dollars into FEMA will only waste more taxpayer money without actually solving the agency’s fiscal problems.

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Florida s Tampa Bay and Southwest Brace for Hurricane Ian

The storm could bring a level of destruction that many in the densely populated Tampa Bay and Southwest Florida regions have never experienced.

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Hurricane Fiona s destruction sets back hopes and plans

Flash flooding, landslides, power losses and at least four deaths from this storm compound unhealed wounds from the last big one, Hurricane Maria.

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Hurricane Elsa heightens anxiety for officials and rescue crews at condo collapse site

Hurricane Elsa heightens anxiety for officials and rescue crews at condo collapse site
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