Raleigh News & Observer & FEMA - Thu December 11, 2025
NCDOT Will Spend $5B On Eight Helene-Related Repair Projects, While FEMA Funding Passes $1B
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) expects to spend close to $5 billion repairing and rebuilding roads and bridges damaged by the remnants of Hurricane Helene as it roared across the western part of the state in the early fall of 2024....
CommonWealth Beacon - Mon August 25, 2025
Without FEMA Funding, Mass. Towns Scramble to Save Flood Protection Projects
When the axe fell in early 2025 on $882 million in federal funding aimed at helping communities prepare for future flooding, it came paired with a critique of the program's very purpose. The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program "was yet another example of a wasteful and ineffective FEMA program," an unidentified Federal Emergency Management Agency spokesperson asserted in an April 4 press release....
Asheville Citizen Times & Town of Lake Lure - Tue August 12, 2025
Crews Demolish Historic N.C. Bridge
The Lake Lure Flowering Bridge, a beloved landmark in western North Carolina, will be demolished starting Aug. 18, 2025, due to the impact caused in 2024 by Hurricane Helene. The historic structure, built in 1925, sustained severe damage during the tropical storm....
Meriden Record-Journal - Tue July 29, 2025
Meridan, Conn. City Officials Scrambling to Find New Funds to Complete Two Bridge Projects
City officials in Meriden, Conn. are seeking confirmation from the state's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) office that its funding to replace a twin bridge project will not be cancelled, the Record-Journal reported July 28, 2025....
Asbury Park Press - Wed July 16, 2025
New Jersey Wants Updated Height Standards for New Construction in Flood-Prone Areas
New Jersey environmental regulators have proposed rules that would raise the minimum height of new construction in flood prone areas of the state, including the Jersey Shore. Among the changes, announced July 14, 2025, is a reduced height requirement that is one ft....
City of Birmingham & Alabama DCNR - Mon June 16, 2025
Birmingham, Ala. Begins Street Drainage Project, Jasper Public Fishing Lake to Be Upgraded
Crews in Birmingham, Ala. have started work on drainage improvements to ease historic flooding issues on 26th Street South and Caldwell Park in the city's Highland Park neighborhood. The estimated $5.9 million construction project is supported through the city's capital budget and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds....
WUSF Public Media - Mon May 12, 2025
Tampa Bay Area Governments Looking for Ways to Prevent Inland Flooding from Hurricanes
Douglas Woods was still sloshing through 3-ft.-high waves to get to his home in October 2024, nearly a week after Hurricane Milton put his Land O'Lakes neighborhood under water. "I moved here in 1994, and I've had water in my garage a couple of times, so this is by far the worst that I've ever seen," Woods told WUSF Public Media in Tampa....
Blue Ridge Public Radio - Wed April 02, 2025
With FEMA Easing Major Floodplain Construction Rules, Impact on Storm Recovery Unclear
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is no longer enforcing certain rules around rebuilding in floodplains as a Trump administration decision rolls some federal funding criteria back to pre-Obama administration standards....
The Maine Monitor - Wed March 12, 2025
More Than Year After Destructive Storms Slammed Maine's Coast, Communities Shift to Resiliency
When last year's winter storms devastated the Maine coast, Sam Belknap's family wharf on Round Pond Harbor in Bristol was saved by its concrete floor. The surface, which his family poured years ago when they put in a seafood processing room, provided enough weight to keep most of the wharf from floating away....
Virginia DCR & Norfolk Daily Press - Tue March 04, 2025
Army Corp Removes Storm Debris From Va.'s Claytor Lake
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), in partnership with three other federal and Virginia state agencies, has completed post-Hurricane Helene debris removal at Claytor Lake and demobilized the operations center at Claytor Lake State Park....
