In towns hit by Hurricane Ida, new infusions of federal funding and local flood-preparedness efforts can't allay nerves about the looming start of the Atlantic hurricane season. McDanielJustine talked to state and local officials about the issue.
for disaster survivors who are insured through the National Flood Insurance Program and whose homes have been repeatedly flooded. Grants will go toward projects like retrofitting, flood-proofing, and elevating or moving properties.Bridgeport is one place that hopes to take advantage of federal funding. Officials have applied to a FEMA grant program that would allow them to acquire and demolish homes in the floodplain, creating a permanently preserved open space, said Truman.
Ida was estimated to have caused $117 million in damages to roads, bridges, and other public infrastructure across Pennsylvania; about 570 public repair projects are planned. They can take months or years to complete — He estimated that the Ida recovery is “right on track where we need to be.” But, Bekanich added, “the potential for an additional tropical storm impacting that area only grows as summer approaches.”FEMA’s new insurance system aims to make premiums fairer as climate change raises flooding risks
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