Sentences with phrase «saying federal disaster»

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He also said the lack of federal guidance has led to deeply uneven enforcement of floodplain building at the state level, with enormous disparities around the country resulting in more resilient states, in essence, subsidizing disaster - prone development in others.

U.S. President Donald Trump approved emergency declarations for Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, mobilizing federal disaster relief efforts, the White House said.

Needless to say, another catastrophic storm in a two - week period would add salt to a wound and further strain the disaster relief resources of the federal government and groups like the Red Cross already stretched thin with the response to Harvey.

Wilson also said she would like to request the Federal Emergency Management Agency prioritize assistance to nursing homes during natural disasters or emergencies.

But then, Larson said, there's the third and longest stage of disaster relief — the one in which federal and local government rebuild the infrastructure crippled by the hurricane, and try to get life as close to normal as possible.

«All of our plans on disaster recovery are premised with the federal government coming in with a big chunk of short - term FEMA money and then a big chunk of long - term bailout money,» said Edward Richards, director of the Louisiana State University Climate Change Law and Policy Project.

«I think we need more time, particularly the communities designated as federal disaster areas,» he said.

More specifically, it focuses on the federal disaster relief Schumer said he's championed over the past six years.

He said there have been nine federal disaster declarations in New York in three years.

«Instead of protecting our waters from another oil spill, like the one that devastated the Gulf, this new federal plan only increases the chances of another disaster taking place,» Cuomo said.

«And you try to reverse this trend of the federal government being involved in helping areas afflicted by natural disaster, it will boomerang on you,» Schumer said.

And he said the federal Nuclear Energy Commission has required U.S. nuclear plants to take steps to avoid a Fukushima - like disaster.

At the same time, Cuomo said it was unclear for now if the state would be able to qualify for federal disaster money as a cost assessment of the damage was yet to be determined.

US Sen. Chuck Schumer said NYC would be awarded $ 176 million in federal funding for the proposed project, through a national contest created by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to help communities recover from disasters and better prepare for them.

«I'm sure we've exceeded that amount,» said Godfrey, who called federal disaster aid «issue number one» for the lake shore counties.

Cuomo has said he will seek federal disaster assistance for communities along Lake Ontario affected by recent floods.

«We're going to be sending a letter to FEMA saying we intend to apply for FEMA funding, I believe we're going to hit those thresholds, I believe it's only right that the federal government comes to the table and antes up and helps us pay for this disaster.»

At Sunday's event, Stu Cohen, a retired federal disaster manager from Baldwin, said he liked that she was a political outsider.

The administrator of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday it will take up to an estimated $ 50 billion to help rebuild Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria and warned that the U.S. territory is not ready for another disaster.

Greece Town Supervisor Bill Reilich says he is confident that Monroe County will eventually be included in the federal disaster declaration designed to provide aid to flood - worn communities along the Lake Ontario and Saint Lawrence river shores.

Cuomo, in his prepared remarks released last night, said he plans today to urge President Obama to issue a disaster declaration for the area and free up aid through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The administrator of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday it will take up to an estimated $ 50 billion to help rebuild Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria and warned that the U.S. territory is not ready for another disaster.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer's office said Wednesday that the federal Department of Transportation has agreed to provide the assistance to 15 counties declared disaster areas by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

WASHINGTON — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he's optimistic a federal disaster aid package will make it through Congress this year, but conceded he won few specific commitments as he made his case Monday at the White House and on Capitol Hill.

Albany - New York will seek $ 32 billion in federal disaster aid from Congress for superstorm Sandy — including $ 6.6 billion for Nassau County and nearly $ 1.8 billion for Suffolk County — officials said Monday.

After inspecting the homes in Puerto Rico of 36 families displaced by Hurricane Maria and living temporarily at the Red Roof Inn in Hartford, FEMA has ruled that only six are eligible for federal disaster relief, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said...

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Thursday that state officials have advised municipalities of the importance of collecting information that could support a request for a federal disaster declaration.

«It's not going to be a happy New Year for a lot of people if FEMA [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] doesn't extend is Dec. 31 deadline for disaster loans,» McCarthy said.

Ann Marie Buerkle, a Republican representing the Syracuse area who won her seat last year with Tea Party support, said that disaster relief was a «legitimate role of government» and that it should not be held up by the desire to identify reductions elsewhere in the federal budget.

Budgets, trials, legislation, ribbon cuttings, natural or other disasters (hopefully not), federal issues, and unforeseen events likely to impact the political landscape,» said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg.

City managers, health officials, and the federal government need to implement strategies to reduce our exposure to heat stress, air pollution, and natural disasters, Knowlton says, «and we must start now.»

Disaster - struck communities tend to rebuild from floods and violent storms using decisionmaking tools that rely too much on past data, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said yesterday.

«When disasters occur, mental health professionals — community organizers, social workers, case managers and counselors — often work in partnership with local, state and federal organizations to respond,» said Jennifer First, doctoral candidate in the MU School of Social Work and disaster mental health program manager with the Disaster and Community Crisisdisaster mental health program manager with the Disaster and Community CrisisDisaster and Community Crisis Center.

FEMA puts out one fire, starts another What does it say about the government when the federal agency tasked to handle disasters causes one instead — in this case, a public relations disaster?

Slap said Harvey was only the latest natural disaster to expose flaws in the national flood insurance programme allowing property owners in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's so - called Zone X — areas at risk of a once - in -500-years flood event — not to carry coverage or fully disclose their flood risk when they sell.

Antonio Busalacchi, president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, said UCAR is concerned that the proposed budget cuts for federal earth systems science programs will undermine scientific progress needed to protect the U.S. from natural disasters.

The disaster - relief agency said federal law prevents it from doing so.

«After disasters hit, our federal, state and local partners must be able to move quickly and make the necessary repairs to our nation's transit systems, roads, rails and bridges,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

«Our takeaway is that, given the current amount of federal assistant along with flood insurance, even in an event that is very large, such as Hurricane Katrina,» he said, «The negative effect of this natural disaster peters out after two or three years, and at least according to the financial information that's taken directly from these individuals» financial background, there isn't any significant drag after a few years.»

The administrator of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday it will take up to an estimated $ 50 billion to help rebuild Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria and warned that the U.S. territory is not ready for another disaster.

Finally, Nicholas Pinter, a Southern Illinois University scientist studying flooding disasters, says Obama should consider broader shifts in the budget and bureaucracy at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which still is mainly focused on responding once a disaster has struck — with only 15 percent of its spending in such instances devoted to steps that can cut known vulnerability the next time around.

A Government Accountability Office report released Monday said the federal government has spent more than $ 350 billion over the last decade on disaster assistance programs and losses from flood and crop insurance.

Maryland and Virginia's U.S. senators say there's no time to waste in declaring the decline of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs a federal disaster... In a letter to federal authorities, the senators argue for a declaration that would provide about $ 20 million in federal aid to watermen and seafood processors hurt by the crab's decline... The letter was sent yesterday to Department of Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez.

Pakistan's Daily Times reports that the former Federal State Minister for Environment Malik Amin Aslam has said that the nation is looking at $ 14 billion dollars per year in losses (that's the 5 % of GDP part) due to both climate - related disasters and other losses.

Stanley said: «I am absolutely so anguished that at this time when the Federal Government has set up a Royal Commission to investigate the Don Dale disaster in the Northern Territory, they are now stopping to fund the Aboriginal community services in this nation that would actually be the interventions that prevent kids getting into Don Dale.»

Experts at the symposium said natural disasters would become more manageable financially for everyone if Congress would pass legislation that authorized the federal government to backstop insurers in a catastrophe, allow insurers and reinsurers to set aside large capital reserves tax - free to pay for catastrophes, and let households maintain tax - exempt disaster recovery accounts to help pay for rebuilding that's not covered by their insurance.