A popular database that tracked the nation's growing number of billion-dollar disasters is going away, in another of the ongoing changes at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The ...
NASA’s OPERA project delivers analysis-ready satellite data to federal agencies, supporting environmental monitoring, disaster response, infrastructure assessment, and agricultural management through ...
A revolutionary $10b fund driven by blockchain-powered platform Project Rescue is on track to revolutionise the funding of disaster and emergency responses. Project Rescue recognises that... disasters ...
In the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Helene, as people and communities begin to recover and rebuild, the important role of federal agencies such as the National Weather Service (NWS) and the ...
This post is part of “Inside Project 2025,” an ongoing series on MSNBC’s “Velshi.” Each week, host Ali Velshi dives deep into some of the most outrageous proposals from The Heritage Foundation’s ...
Ted Lemoi stands outside a FEMA disaster relief recovery center in Cumberland, R.I., after receiving a $810 grant and a $27,000 loan from the small business association to repair is flood damaged home ...
An FAO-led project, dubbed “Responding to Water-Related Disasters: Mitigating and Optimising Excess Water in Kenya and Rwanda,” constructed water reservoirs in Kenya to store excess runoff, which was ...
The conservative blueprint for a second Trump administration calls for weakening the government’s response to disasters by slashing public rebuilding money and dissolving federal flood insurance. That ...
More than 100 people across six states have died since Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Sept. 26. The hurricane’s path spanned over 500 miles from Florida through Appalachia and ...
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Correcting a costly error: P1B funding for Project NOAH

THE return of national funding for Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) is not merely a budgetary decision; it is an overdue correction of a dangerous mistake.
It rises like a mountain, up and to the right, and it has become one of the most potent illustrations of the perils of man-made global warming. It’s a chart showing the number of billion-dollar ...
The Philippines' disaster risk reduction program, Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards), is set to receive a P1-billion worth of funding after approval from Congress during the ...