America's most expensive natural disasters in recent decades
The costliest disasters on the National Centers for Environmental Information "Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters" ...
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Hurricane Harvey victims feeling abandoned after 8 years without aid
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Eight years after Hurricane Harvey devastated the Houston area, some families are ... and effectively as Texas in providing disaster recovery and mitigation funding ...
TECHNOBABBLE: How to protect yourself from natural, corporate disasters
North America has been hit hard by disasters during the past few weeks. Hurricane Harvey devastated south Texas. Then an 8.1 earthquake hit Mexico just before Hurricane Katia hit Mexico. Hurricane ...
What California Can Learn From Texas on Rebuilding After a Natural Disaster
California considers adopting Texas-style disaster recovery model to speed up housing rebuilding after wildfires.
HUD claims discrimination in Hurricane Harvey relief grant awarding
"For too long, equitable access to recovery resources has been wittingly or unwittingly withheld from communities of color," ...
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Houston works to salvage Harvey recovery funds after years of missteps
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- After years of reportedly mismanaging Hurricane Harvey federal recovery funds ... gave the City of Houston disaster recovery dollars through the state's General Land ...
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HUD Probes Texas General Land Office, Alleges Racial Bias in $1 Billion Hurricane Harvey Funds Distribution
HUD alleges racial discrimination by the Texas GLO in distributing Hurricane Harvey relief funds, with a probe suggesting a ...
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Feds refer Texas’ Harvey funding discrimination case to Justice Department
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development confirmed its finding that Texas unfairly favored white residents in rural areas when it distributed $1 billion in Harvey aid in 2021.