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A single earthquake could cause the Pacific Northwest’s coastline to drop by as much as 6.5 feet in minutes permanently ...
The full road closure will be in place from 8.30am to midnight, with the works being in Gloucestershire County Council 's red ...
It’s that time of the year again, Hurricane Season! Coming off of a tough 2024 season that had 18 named storms, 11 hurricanes ...
This week's Letters to the Editor, featuring your views on both national and local politics, and their effect on our community.
This week's Letters to the Editor, featuring your views on both national and local politics, and their effect on our ...
A condo association president in Woonsocket is raising concerns about transparency and political interference after a ...
A long-awaited ... of a new flood insurance rate map. The county is responsible for developing the flood-risk data and modeling, though ultimately, "the floodplain maps sit with FEMA," flood ...
A long-feared monster earthquake ... and just totally alter the flood plains," Tina Dura, assistant professor of geosciences at Virginia Tech and the study's lead author, said in an interview. One ...
During an earthquake scenario with the highest level of subsidence, or land sink, the area at risk of flooding would expand by 116 square miles. Among the areas at risk after a megaquake along the ...
CUTS TO FEMA LEAVING A ... BARRIER AROUND THE ISLAND AND RIVER FLOODPLAIN. BUT WITH $50 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANTS DRIED UP, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF A DEVASTATING FLOOD COULD BE IN THE BILLIONS.
The proposed law, adopting FEMA’s new Flood Insurance Rate Maps, would go into effect June 18, so long as the council ... and that’s where we adopt the new map.” The Southwestern quadrant ...
The City of Ithaca website now includes the updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps going into effect later this year. The map ... FEMA’s new Flood Insurance Rate Maps, would go into effect June 18 ...