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Insurance and risk management experts testified on ways to encourage more people to get flood insurance before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance. They also…

David Maurstad, a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) official, testified on reauthorizing and improving the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The hearing took place before…

President Biden delivered remarks in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, one week after tornadoes ravaged the city and surrounding areas. He talked about response efforts amid the aftermath, saying…

Pentagon Press Secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder confirmed earlier reports the military “successfully took down a high-altitude airborne object ... within U.S. sovereign airspace over territorial…

Vice President Harris spoke to reporters at the Tujunga Spreading Grounds in Los Angeles County about ongoing efforts to increase drought and flood resilience.

Puerto Rico’s Governor Pedro Pierluisi (D) and housing, electricity, and building officials from Puerto Rico testified at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on the island’s power grid.…

Juliette Kayyem, an Obama administration official and chair of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government Homeland Security and Global Health Projects. offered her thoughts on how the…

Chris Currie talked about challenges facing the federal government’s effort to provide hurricane disaster relief.

E & E’s Thomas Frank talked about the state of flood insurance programs after damage caused by hurricanes and flooding.

President Biden pledged $60 million in hurricane relief to Puerto Rico during a visit to the U.S. territory following damage by Hurricane Fiona. President Biden expressed his commitment to…

Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL), who represents Florida’s 14th Congressional District and chairs the House Select Climate Crisis Committee, talked about the impact of Hurricane Ian on her state.…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) held a news conference from the city of Wauchula amid the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. He talked about restoring power to Hardee County after flooding affected…

President Biden addressed both Russia’s annexation of parts of eastern Ukraine and the federal response to Hurricane Ian in remarks at the White House. The president warned Russia that the U.S. and its…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) gave an evening update on the ongoing rescue and recovery efforts since Hurricane Ian swept through the state. He was joined by FEMA administrator Deanne…

Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Weather Service, Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers, and Health and Human Services officials in Washington, D.C., held a briefing on the federal…

Following a briefing at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters, President Biden said that “Hurricane Ian could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida’s history,” with reports of “substantial loss of…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) said the amount of water rising from Hurricane Ian in central Florida “is basically a 500-year flood event.” The governor briefed reporters on the state response…

During a press briefing on the state’s Hurricane Ian recovery and rescue efforts, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) said, “We absolutely expect to have mortality from this hurricane,” but…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) spoke to reporters in Punta Gorda about the ongoing response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian.