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Share this article The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been collecting a lot of information about flood risks across America, including the increased risk of flooding linked to climate change. But the agency has not effectively used that new knowledge to persuade more Americans to buy flood insurance, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. As a result, homeowners are at increasing risk of costly damage from floods, and the government is facing rising...

Some other things. are they going to save the city, i doubt it. i dont know. cities in the pachlk dorian, what theyve done is basically built a pumping system. it works to a point. it is built to a 10-year design. it can pump out water when you have these heavy rain storms. but if they get whacked by hurricane 3 or 4 storm that will push huge amount ofs of water up into the city. it has been flooding like mad. >> epic storms, rising seas and

Very, very surprised because they thought it would be about 1.7 or 1.8. a lot of it has to do with all of the regulations ive cut where people can actually now go out and build and farm and do all the things they want to do. at the same time being environmentally friendly and regulation friendly. so i just want to say, including growth, because its a very fair question, a good question, if you want to include growth, because were going to go like a rocket ship, were going to more than make up th...

Than make up the difference. >> [question inaudible] >> weve had bigger storms than this. if you go back into the 1930s and the 1940s and you take a look, weve had storms over the years that have been bigger than this. if you go back into the teens, youll see storms that were as big or bigger. so we did have two horrific storm storms, epic storms. if you go to the 30s and 40s and the teens, youll see some that were even bigger. >> are you thinking about the next chairman for the federal reserve?...

Rocketship, were going to more than make up the distinction. >> mr. president -- >> yes? >> and the severity of the storms, [ inaudible ] climate change? >> weve had bigger storman tha this. if you go back to the 1930s and 40s, weve had storms over the years that have been bigger than this. if you go back into the teens youll see storms that were as big or bigger. so we did have two, you know, horrific storms, epic storms. but if you go back into the 30s and 40s and back into the teens, youll se...

Local state officials, your local radio stations, and whatever theyre telling you to do, please do it. you know, make sure that your cell phones are charged, youve got radio thats battery-powered handy. let your friends and family know where you are, and stay safe. >> so what would you say is the best advice at this point for the local community leaders. how does the federal government relate? you played a key role at the department of homeland security. how does the federal government and these...

And developed creating a pool for the floodwaters to collect in. the city does have a network of reservoirs and bayous but they were not designed for the epic storms. some roads are built below the grade as a backup drainage system. for this storm they were completely overwhelmed and the issue is not going away anytime soon. since 2010, 7,000 new residential buildings have been constructed in one county sitting mostly on the land the federal designated a 100-year flood plain per reporting from "...

Go on hikes, shes a very family oriented dog. dog chows been a part of my familys life for over 40 years. my grandfather made it and now im making it. as a micro-biologist i ensure that dog chow leads with high quality ingredients. my name is bryan and im proud to make dog chow in davenport, iowa. a powerful winter storm slamming the northeast this morning, also the mid-atlantic, as well. tens of thousands of people right now in the direct path of this storm. our meteorologist, chad myers, is ...

Morning are going to be dealing with the effects of winter weather. the monster noreaster slammed the north coast again. >> we keep getting hit over and other. >> along with the pummelling snow, flashing light. thunder snow caused by thunderstorms producing snow instead of rain. the first roupd of snow, sleet and ice making travel nearly impossible on thursday. cars sliding, tires spinning and people unable to dig out. >> come to get a couple things from the store, and we got truck. >> reporter:...