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FEMA leader defends agency response to Texas floods
FEMA · United States

FEMA leader defends agency response to Texas floods

56% Center coverage: 74 sources
David Richardson, acting leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), on Wednesday defended his agency’s response to deadly Texas floods despite pushback from lawmakers. See the Story
Rep. Figures unveils BRIC Act to boost rural disaster funding
Montgomery, Alabama · Montgomery

Rep. Figures unveils BRIC Act to boost rural disaster funding

100% Center coverage: 1 sources
Representatives Shomari C. Figures, D-Alabama, and Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, introduced the bipartisan Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, BRIC, Act this week, aiming to overhaul FEMA’s 2018 hazard-mitigation program and ensure rural communities receive fairer access to disaster relief funding. “This bipartisan bill ensures that rural communities and areas frequently impacted by natural disasters have greater access to the …See the Story
Flood-ravaged businesses bowed but not broken
Burnet · Burnet

Flood-ravaged businesses bowed but not broken

One hard rain battered Burnet County about two weeks ago. Recently, County Emergency Management Coordinator Derek Marchio estimated flash flooding caused by the July 4 storm has affected more than 400 homes and caused damage estimated at more than $5 million.Read Article

Burnet County allots 20K for transmission line advice

County officials have opted to lay the groundwork for a potential legal fight against a Lower Colorado River Authority transmission line project. The Burnet County Commissioners Court has directed County Attorney Eddie Arredondo and General Counsel Randy Leavitt to engage a law firm to advise and represent the county in response to the planned extension of an electrical transmission line that could traverse the north end of the county.Burnet · BurnetRead Article

Lawmakers Meet at First Special Session Hearing on Disaster Preparedness After Hill Country Floods

70% Center coverage: 37 sources
The Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Joint Committee met for the first time on Wednesday with the goal of improving flood warning systems, communications, allocating funding and preparing plans ahead of the next natural disaster.The committee is meeting during Gov. Greg Abbott’s special legislative session. The public hearing on Wednesday invited state agency leaders to provide a testimony of their efforts to prevent the Hill Country floods an…Natural Disasters · AustinSee the Story

SC Task Force 1 Returns After Assiting with Texas Flood Recovery Efforts

100% Center coverage: 10 sources
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – South Carolina Task Force 1 has returned home after two weeks of working in flood-impacted areas of Texas. The team of five, along with their two human remains detection K-9s, returned to the South Carolina State Fire campus on Wednesday. They worked to support search and rescue efforts along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, along with teams from Oklahoma and Colorado. According to SC State Fire, the team members came …FloodsSee the Story

Armies of Texas volunteers dig out, clean up, after fatal floods

57% Center coverage: 76 sources
Texans are leading flood recovery even as more flooding hits and the search for the missing continues. Mass cleanup across Kerr County.Volunteering · TexasSee the Story

Kansas Seeks Presidential Disaster Declaration

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency asking for a major presidential disaster declaration due to damages caused by a series of severe thunderstorms accompanied by straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding during the period of May 18 to 19. Multiple counties, which included the cities of Plevna and Grinnell, sustained damage to utility infrastructure, roads, and government-owned buildings. Gov. K…Floods · Burnet CountySee the Story

First responders working around the clock for recovery operations

Burnet County officials have issued an emergency disaster declaration following a weekend deluge of stormwater which has destroyed and closed roadways, damaged property and strained public infrastructure and public safety services.Infrastructure · BurnetRead Article

Burnet County homeowners among builder fraud victims

A Hill Country area builder was found guilty May 22 in Llano of bilking several property owners out of hundreds of thousands of dollars over a period of time. Following the verdict at the Llano County Courthouse, Wayne Alan Erickson, 58, was sentenced to a year in a state jail facility with a 10-year deferred prison sentence.Burnet · BurnetRead Article

Burnet County due for transportation plan update

The Burnet County commissioners recently announced the county transportation plan is going to get an update. “We really have not done a thorough update to our transportation plan since 2010,” Pct.Burnet · BurnetSee the Story

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