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Residents relocating from an eroding island off Terrebonne Parish will move into homes built and designed to help weather hurricanes.

It’s monsoon season. Do you need flood insurance? Gary Sandler A few years ago, Federal Emergency Management Agency Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation Roy Wright said, "If there was ever a time to buy flood insurance, this is the time." While Wright’s message was chiefly directed at California residents, local flood officials were in agreement that some Las Cruces-area homeowners and renters would also be wise to take note of the advice. The big to-do had to do with the anticipated arrival of that year’s near-record El Niño. The National Ocean...

Katie Porter, D- California, issued the following news release:. "Whether it's earthquakes or wildfires, California families know how important it is that we are prepared against natural disasters," Congresswoman Porter said. Porter's Disaster Learning and Life Saving Act would establish a National Disaster Safety Board modeled after the National...

Three thousand families in Alabama will be better protected against severe weather thanks to the Strengthen Alabama Homes program, which today funded its 3,000th FORTIFIED Roof™. Based on decades of research from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), the FORTIFIED Home™ program helps families protect their homes from severe weather by identifying key construction and roofing practices that can minimize damage from winds up to 130 mph, torrential rain and hail up to 2 inches in diameter.

/PRNewswire/ -- Three thousand families in Alabama will be better protected against severe weather thanks to the Strengthen Alabama Homes program, which today...