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After natural disasters, this small Texas city is putting the brakes temporarily on development

by Syeda Hasan
Oct 2, 2018
Wildfires scarred Bastrop, Texas and other central areas of the state in 2011.
A sign for prayer is taped to the base of the fireman's statue in front of the Bastrop Volunteer Fire Department September 7, 2011 in historic downtown Bastrop, Texas.
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How states unlock money to meet hurricane expenses

by Erika Beras
Sep 13, 2018
Hurricane Florence is expected to make landfall later this week.
A motorist drives through heavy rain before the approaching Hurricane Harvey hits Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday.
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A year after the floods, Texas mulls lessons of Hurricane Harvey

by Andy Uhler
Aug 24, 2018
Greater Houston area residents are voting on a bond to fund flood mitigation.
Residents evacuate an apartment complex in west Houston where high water coming from the Addicks Reservoir flooded the area after Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017.
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Puerto Rico seeks greater business role in hurricane planning

by Andy Uhler
Jul 11, 2018
Residents of Puerto Rico are expressing relief that Hurricane Beryl has weakened as it sweeps over the island. But Puerto Rico is still recovering from last year’s hurricanes as more crop up in the Caribbean. One suggestion for how the island should prepare and react to natural disasters? Incorporate the private sector. Click the audio player […]
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Puerto Rico austerity plan faces hurdles

by Aaron Schrank
Mar 29, 2018
Six months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico’s governor is pushing an austerity plan he hopes will turn things around in the bankrupt U.S. commonwealth. He reckons the plan would allow the bankrupt U.S. commonwealth to pay back half of the principal on its debt — which includes more than $70 billion in bond debt and $50 […]
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After disasters, Montecito clears debris and considers the future

by Amy Scott and Aaron Schrank
Jan 26, 2018
Marketplace's Aaron Schrank reports.
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Hundreds of trucks haul debris day and night in Montecito

by Aaron Schrank
Jan 26, 2018
Clearing 11 basins filled with dirt and rock will take until the end of February at least, federal officials say.
At Cold Springs Basin in Montecito, private contractors clear boulders with excavators and dump trucks. Under FEMA's orders, the Army Corps of Engineers is on a mission to clear 11 impacted basins by the end of February.
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With increased wildfires, utilities in California are trying to pass on the cost of damages to customers

by Sam Harnett
Jan 2, 2018
Lawmakers in California have introduced a bill to make it harder for state utilities to have customers cover the cost of fire damage.
Firefighters assess the scene as a house burns in the Napa wine region of California on Oct. 9, 2017.
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The long recovery: 2017’s biggest natural disasters

Rebuilding plays a major role in economic recovery of the U.S. Virgin Islands

by Kimberly Adams , Paulina Velasco and Katie Long
Dec 28, 2017
The territory's governor expects storm recovery and reconstruction to last four or five years.
Laura Forbes prepares to load cleaning supplies onto a ferry taking them to her mother St. Thomas more than a week after Hurricane Irma made landfall in Christiansted, St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. 
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The long recovery: 2017’s biggest natural disasters

Rebuilding or "building forward": A post-Harvey Houston

by Kimberly Adams , Paulina Velasco and Katie Long
Dec 26, 2017
The city's chief recovery officer shares what the upcoming year might look like for Houston.
A woman paddles down a flooded road while shuttling deliveries for her neighbors during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017 in Houston, Texas. 
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