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Hurricane risk in Florida is escalating. Flood insurance is harder to get.
The Fanchers’ predicament is just one of many linked to the insurance crisis in hurricane-prone Florida. Rates are sky-high ...
The owner of the Tennessee plastics factory where workers were swept away by Hurricane Helene won’t face charges
The owner of a factory where six workers died last year in flooding from Hurricane Helene won’t face charges after a ...
The owner of the Tennessee factory where workers drowned after Hurricane Helene won’t face charges
The owner of a factory where six workers died last year in flooding from Hurricane Helene won’t face charges after a ...
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Impact Plastics owner and managers won't face charges in Hurricane Helene deaths
The TBI found Impact Plastics owner Gerald O'Connor dismissed employees Sept. 27 with enough time and when there were ...
Some Texas Officials Didn’t Respond to Flood Alerts, Echoing the Tragedies of Hurricane Helene
Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were ...
Helping a region overcome Hurricane Helene devastation
UT Beef and Forage Center coordinator David McIntosh, an eighth-generation native of northeast Tennessee, watched with unease ...
Chantal flooding shows NC still has much to learn from Helene tragedy | Opinion
Climate change and a lack of flooding mitigation influenced severe flooding in central North Carolina. | Opinion ...
Federal disaster aid is uncertain for states even as Texas floods underscore need
With hurricane and wildfire season well underway across much of the country, state and local emergency managers say they have ...
‘We know the pain’: WNC Helene survivors guide Texans through flood devastation
Cantrell feels a familiar ache as she loads trucks with supplies, each box a reminder of the distress she felt last year. The ...
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Drones Join the Front Lines in Deadly Texas Flood Response
Volunteer drone teams joined emergency responders in the Texas Hill Country flood to search for victims and support recovery ...
Hurricane Helene among deadliest floods in the US in the last 25 years
Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the United States over the past few decades, according to the National Weather Service, and flash floods ...