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State announces new rules for disaster food aid applications from Hurricane Isaac – New Orleans Times-Picayune The overwhelming demand for food aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac has caused Louisiana to request the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend filing deadlines for residents in Jefferson Parish and Orleans Parish. The announcement came after several […]
AP: Half of US counties now considered disaster areas – Seattle Post-Intelligencer The worst drought in decades is now affecting more than half of the counties in the United States, as farmers continue to battle severe heat and dryness. Nearly 220 counties were added to the affected list Aug. 1 by the U.S. Department of […]
The goal of the Safe Homes For All Leadership Forum was to bring together professionals from across the spectrum to discuss different strategies for hurricane risk mitigation for low-income households. While nearly all of the strategies discussed and recommendations made were broadly applicable to the overall population in hurricane and flood-prone areas, the most eye-opening […]
Yesterday, the Washington Post timidly reported that floods in Iowa and other Midwestern states may not be “natural” disasters . However, scientists have long warned that worsening floods are the predictable result of human intervention – of floodplains covered with impermeable concrete and stripped of vegetation; of river channels forced up and out of their […]
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