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As Disasters Grow More Frequent, How Should States and Cities Prepare?
An interview with Madhu Beriwal in Governing Magazine.
http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-disaster-haryey-irma-madhu-beriwal-interview.html

CrowdRelief Utilizes Cutting Edge Technology to Mobilize Citizens for Relief Efforts During Natural Disaster
http://www.brproud.com/news/local-news/crowdrelief-utilizes-cutting-edge-technology-to-mobilize-citizens-for-relief-efforts-during-natural/809724051

Gov. John Bel Edwards Urges Congress to Address SBA Loan Issue
http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_2d537ff4-9316-11e7-8178-83430daa5c5b.html

Small Business Administration to Offer Disaster Assistance to Residents Affected by August 5 Flooding
https://www.nola.gov/mayor/press-releases/2017/20170822-pr-sba-to-offer-disaster-assistance-to-re/

Houma Sugar Farms are Finalists for Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement
“Last year, Isle de Jean Charles became the first community in the U.S. to receive federal assistance for a large-scale retreat from the impacts of climate change. The island has lost 98 percent of its area since 1955 due to a combination factors, including subsidence, M…[Read more]

Gov. John Bel Edwards Announces Projects Aimed to Protect Louisiana Against Future Storms

“Gov. John Bel Edwards is traveling the state to announce projects from the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, with an event Wednesday at Louisiana’s emergency preparedness headquarters touting the spending as a way to help the state better withstand the next…[Read more]

These Are The Places In The U.S. That Will Be Soaked By Climate Change First
“They call it “sunny day” or “nuisance” flooding: days when it doesn’t rain and there’s no extreme weather, but streets in coastal areas become impassable all the same because an extra high tide comes on top of an already rising ocean. Across the country, more and more…[Read more]

Here are the Louisiana coastal zone’s most expensive hurricane risk projects
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/07/here_are_the_coastal_master_pl_1.html#incart_river_index

FEMA: Louisiana Schools Get $6.4 Million More for Flooding
“ FEMA said in a news release Wednesday that the aid will reimburse for emergency protective measures at 12 schools and four administrative buildings in East Baton Rouge P…[Read more]

New FEMA director confirmed by U.S. Senate
” previously ran Alabama’s Emergency Management Agency and served as that state’s on-scene incident commander during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.”
http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2017/06/senate_confirms_former_alabama.html

http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2017/05/new_orleans_practices_evacuati.html

Louisiana to get $51 million more federal dollars for flood victims, far short of what’s needed
“Louisiana will receive another $51.4 million in federal flood recovery dollars raising the state’s total allocation to about $1.7 billion, according the U.S. Housing and Urban…[Read more]

http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/environment/article_0eec34fc-3b28-11e7-913e-53a91bff07f5.html

Hurricane Prep Week: 8 must-see graphics from the National Weather Service

“For Hurricane Preparedness Week, May 7-13, the Weather Service is encouraging anyone living in an area prone to tropical weather to get educated and prepared for whatever hurricane season may…[Read more]

Fourth Extension Granted for NFIP Policyholders to Submit Proof of Loss

“ The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders affected by the August flood have until Friday, September 1, 2017 to submit a Proof of Loss form. A Proof of Loss form is a sworn statement made by the policyholder that substantiates the insurance c…[Read more]

Louisiana Commissioner Requests Flood Insurance Proof of Loss Extension

“Without the additional extension, the filing deadline for proof of loss forms is May 12.”

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2017/05/05/450158.htm

Slow-Moving Flooding Disaster to Expand Along Mississippi River Through Mid-May

“As a surge of water continues to flow downstream, flooding will occur along the middle and lower Mississippi River through the middle of May and perhaps to the end of the month in some a…[Read more]

http://www.fox8live.com/story/35336269/city-needs-volunteers-for-evacuation-exercise
City Needs Volunteers for Evacuation Exercise

Louisiana Housing and Resiliency Symposium
“The Symposium will focus on best practices in providing affordable housing through partnerships with non-profits, developers and financial institutions; toolkits for developing adjudicated properties and addressing blight; zoning and ordinances necessary to address blight; and issues and decisions that…[Read more]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2017/04/29/brock-long-is-trumps-nominee-for-fema-administrator-who-is-he/#31441aa81fbf
Brock Long is the New FEMA Administrator Nominee