Sentences with phrase «rebuilt after the floods»

When we needed him, Tom Libous was here, helping our community rebuild after the floods.»

They ae there when we have to rebuild after floods.

Not exact matches

Hurricane Harvey flooded the homes of thousands in the Houston area — but it also revealed heroes like Wil Scott who didn't only help in the immediate crisis, but continue to volunteer, long after the waters receded, to help others rebuild their lives.

She's right, of course — but some Canadians have felt those losses more directly than others, and not just those who have faced the stress and cost of rebuilding after wildfires or floods.

Similarly, lawmakers took the step after Hurricane Sandy of mandating that anyone rebuilding infrastructure with taxpayers» help had to build it at least one foot higher to prevent future flooding.

However, our experience shows that donations drop significantly within a few days after a disaster, even though most of the efforts to recover from serious flooding and rebuild homes, lives and a community can stretch out for months or even years.

Jeremy Cooke reports from Somerset on the struggle by farmers to rebuild their livelihoods after flooding devastated crops and livestock.

I am proud to continue that legacy by delivering critical support for our neighbors along the lake as they begin to recover and rebuild after this season's devastating flooding.

After visiting the flood stricken areas, communities secretary Hazel Blears said she would put pressure on the insurance industry to resolve claims as soon as possible, in order that householders can start rebuilding their homes.

Two months after heavy flooding ravaged the Mohawk Valley, homeowners in Oneida, Herkimer and Montgomery Counties are receiving checks to help them rebuild.

Julie Walker, director of ALA's American Association of School Librarians, visited the area a few years after the flooding and witnessed 50 rebuilt school libraries in the Gulf Region.

But this year, the city showed that beneath the charm lies an unflappable core: Charleston rallied to rebuild after a church shooting that left nine dead earlier this year, and again after massive flooding in early October.

How much more than that will we all pay in increased insurance premiums, costs to rebuild and recover the economy after each fire and flood, increased costs due to health impacts and reduced agricultural yields, not to mention billions of taxpayer $ $ wasted on the dud «Direct Action» policy.

These new structures in Jintai Village came about after landslides and floods in 2011 destroyed previously rebuilt homes, and incorporate various strategies to boost resilience, explain designers Joshua Bolchover and John Lin on Dezeen:

On average, a flood policy costs around $ 570 per year, much less than it would cost to rebuild or repair your home after a flood.

Homeowners policies do not provide coverage for the repairs and rebuilding that are necessary after a flooding disaster.

NFIP coverage provides up to $ 250,000 to repair or rebuild your home or workplace after a flood.

It also reduced the number of uninsured properties that otherwise would rebuild with taxpayer - funded disaster relief after major floods.

After seeking approval to demolish our existing home and rebuild, we are now the happy inhabitants of a very lovely (and what I think is a uniquely Australian) white weatherboard Queenslander style home with French doors from most rooms leading onto a wide wrap - around veranda, all built 2.7 mtrs above ground level (safely out of reach of any future flood waters!)