While state officials continue compiling details about recent storm damage across Indiana, Gov. Mike Braun said he was confident that the state can help pay recovery costs regardless of whether additional federal assistance is approved.
Millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements are helping one particularly hard-hit Hampton neighborhood cope with the effects of climate change. In the lead-up to the project’s completion, Gentian Road resident Tom Bassett saw bacteria-contaminated floodwater fill his yard, lap against his home, and pool in the street dozens of times each year during particularly high […]
The state plans to request a major disaster declaration to unlock additional federal funding for emergency response costs and damage.
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers draft feasibility study proposing scaled-down protection without structural elements like floodwalls for vulnerable portions of Hampton and Poquoson got a frosty reception from Hampton’s city manager during a recent presentation to City Council. The $4.2 billion Coastal Storm Risk Management plan, now open to public comment, calls for elevating […]
Alaska’s capital city has issued an evacuation advisory for the densely-populated Mendenhall Valley area on Wednesday as glacial outburst flooding begins. Officials and the public are closely watching the Mendenhall Glacier, where climate-change driven melting results in water filling an ice-dammed lake called Suicide Basin each year. That lake eventually bursts and billions of gallons […]
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday it had treated an area of West Okoboji Lake for Eurasian watermilfoil, an invasive aquatic plant, and that it will host a public meeting to discuss forthcoming shoreline restoration efforts. Nearly 100 segments of shoreline along the Iowa Great Lakes were damaged by flooding in 2024, including […]
TEXARKANA, Tx. - The Texarkana Animal League dealt with multiple issues last week, requiring it to temporarily close on Saturday.
MANSURA, La. — While the Ark-La-Tex was spared the worst impacts of Tropical Storm Arthur, communities in south Louisiana, including Avoyelles Parish, continue to deal with significant flooding and storm damage.
PINEVILLE, La. — Cleco restored power to 8,546 customers after Tropical Storm Arthur left 12,647 without electricity, the utility company announced.
