By Tibor Torok In Florida, the roof over your head is your first line of defense against the elements. In Florida, we know that hurricane season isn’t some ...

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The Federal Disaster Housing Stability Act provides housing protections for families experiencing economic hardship due to ...

Key Takeaways For the most part, home listing prices increased within three years after a major disaster.While there may be ...

Across the Southeast, hurricanes dominate conversations from June through September. But this year feels different—it marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating landfall in ...

It has been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, killing more than 1,800 people, displacing hundreds of thousands more, and exposing the systemic neglect of some ...

Editor's note: Follow USA TODAY's updates about Hurricane Kiko for Thursday, Sept. 4. Hurricane Kiko has formed in the Pacific Ocean, while a tropical depression is expected to strengthen into a ...

In 2005, when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, FEMA faltered. The response was slow, political and disjointed. Mismanaged by someone without extensive emergency management experience, ...

NEW ORLEANS — It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm. The disaster is remembered not just for its winds, but for the crushing surge of water that ...

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NhuNgoc Pham was a high school student living in the New Orleans metro area when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Her parents, immigrants from Vietnam, had recently purchased ...