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Health & Safety

Nursing Homes Run Short Of COVID-19 Protective Gear As Federal Response Falters

7:39pm June 11, 2020

by Jordan Rau

At least 711 nursing homes reported running out of N95 masks at the end of May, and 1,963 said they had less than a week's worth. "The federal government has got to step up," says one advocate.

The Mercy, a Navy hospital ship, departs San Diego Monday en route to Los Angeles to help free up local hospitals to deal with coronavirus cases.

'Steaming To Assist,' Mercy Sails To Los Angeles In Coronavirus Hospital Crunch

7:20pm March 23, 2020

by David Welna

The hospital ship, designed to treat war casualties, has left port in San Diego for Los Angeles. Its mission: treating patients who do not have COVID-19 to free up hospital beds.

Daily News

FEMA To Loan RVs To Some Made Homeless By Hurricane Florence

10:22am October 19, 2018

by Associated Press

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is loaning recreational vehicles to some North Carolinians whose homes were left uninhabitable by Hurricane Florence.

In this June 13 photo, a residence in the Figueroa neighborhood stands destroyed nine months after Hurricane Maria, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. On Wednesday a federal judge extended a temporary housing program for territory residents whose homes were destro

National

Judge Extends FEMA Housing Program For Evacuees of Hurricanes Maria and Irma

10:52pm August 01, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The agency was ordered to continue payments for Puerto Rico disaster survivors living in hotels after their homes were destroyed nearly 11 months ago. The extension expires on Aug. 31.

People are living in homes where roofs, windows, even walls are missing, using blue tarps to keep the elements at bay.

National

Virgin Islands Still Recovering From 2017 Hurricanes As New Season Begins

6:11pm June 03, 2018

by Greg Allen

Eight months after hurricanes Irma and Maria, an emergency repair program has just started in the Virgin Islands. A program to rebuild thousands of destroyed homes is still months away.

View of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, on April 18, 2018, after a major failure knocked out the electricity leaving the entire island without power, again. The electricity was eventually restored, but 1.5 percent of customers have had no power in the eight mo

National

Puerto Rico To FEMA: Let The Power Crews Stay

5:58pm May 09, 2018

by Adrian Florido

The last of the federal government's power restoration crews are scheduled to leave Puerto Rico on May 18. The island's congressional representative wants a 90-day extension.

A damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Punta Diamante, Puerto Rico on Sept. 21, 2017. On Monday, Gov. Ricardo Rossello said the majority of federal recovery grants would go toward rebuilding homes and businesses.

National

How Puerto Rico Plans To Spend $1.5 Billion In Federal Recovery Grants

6:33pm May 07, 2018

by Adrian Florido

The grants were provided by the Department of Housing And Urban Development, and most of the money will go to rebuilding damaged homes and businesses.

Two evacuees look out from the entrance of the Luis Muñoz Marín public school last week in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. Many people from Barranquitas have been living in a shelter set up in the school since Hurricane Maria destroyed their homes in Septemb

National

FEMA Offers To Transport Displaced Puerto Ricans To Mainland Hotels

8:14pm November 09, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Relatively few residents have taken FEMA up on the offer, even though nearly two months since Hurricane Maria ravaged the island, some 3,000 people are living in shelters.

Hurricanes in 2012 and 2003 submerged parking lots and park benches, and flooded businesses along Annapolis' Dock Street. City planners estimate that, given the rise in sea level, by 2100 the flood from a once-in-a-hundred-year storm would be almost twice

Mapping Coastal Flood Risk Lags Behind Sea Level Rise

11:33pm July 27, 2017

by Christopher Joyce

Federal maps help determine who on the coast must buy flood insurance, but many don't include the latest data. Maryland is now making its own flood maps, so homeowners can see if they're at risk.

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