Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill in the regular legislative session that would have improved local governments’ emergency communications infrastructure.
Mobile homes are uniquely vulnerable when natural disasters hit, and face challenges when trying to get recovery money. Some in Colorado are still grappling with the effects of flooding in 2013.
FEMA is updating its flood maps to expand areas deemed at risk of damage — and that’s striking fear in communities that could be deluged with higher insurance bills.