December 23, 2011
Battle Escalates Over Building in Puget Sound Flood Plains
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Battle Escalates Over Building in Puget Sound Flood Plains 12/22/2011 By Craig Welch, The Seattle Times Dec. 22–More than a decade after government biologists first warned the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that allowing development in flood plains is helping kill salmon and orcas, environmental groups on Wednesday turned to their most potent — and
December 23, 2011
Larry Larson answers follow-up questions from Environment and Public Works Committee Hearing
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See the attached document containing the responses to the questions posed by Senator Boxer and Senator Inhofe as follow on to the Senate hearing on the Floods of 2011 held by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Oct 18, 2011.
December 19, 2011
December News & Views Online
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Click here for the final News & Views of 2011! Inside This Issue: Year of Disasters: 2011 Floods in Review Top Ten ASFPM Highlights of 2011 Become a member in 2012: A Message from your Associate Director ASFPM Foundation From the Chair Director’s Desk National Award Nominations Engaging the Public Conference Update NFFA Science Services:
December 8, 2011
Climate Extremes 2011–NOAA’s Climate Science & Services
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Extreme Weather and Climate Events for 2011 A Year for the Record Books From extreme drought, heat waves and floods to unprecedented tornado outbreaks, hurricanes, wildfires and winter storms, a record 12 weather and climate disasters in 2011 each caused $1 billion or more in damages – and most regrettably, loss of human lives and
December 8, 2011
NFIP extension to May 31, 2012 passed Senate
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S. 1958 extending the NFIP to May 31 passed the Senate yesterday under Unanimous Consent. The bill was introduced by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA). This is the date favored by Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Ranking Member Shelby (R-AL). The measure now goes to the House. Text is below. S.1958 — To extend
December 6, 2011
Vegetation on Levees: Policy for Development and Implementation of System-Wide Improvement Frameworks (SWIFs)
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A significant milestone has been achieved in developing the process to transition levees into compliance with federal standards. Please see the signed copy of the System-Wide Improvement Framework policy, dated 29 November, 2011. This policy provides committed levee sponsors a process to transition their levees, over time, to Corps standards while remaining eligible for federal
December 5, 2011
FEMA Administrator Fugate Talks Mitigation
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Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator W. Craig Fugate addresses attendees of International Code Council’s 2011 Annual Conference in Phoenix in a keynote address discussing the importance of adopting and enforcing safe and sustainable building codes to make communities more resilient to natural disasters. Link to video.
November 22, 2011
Flood Mitigation In the News
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The City of Arlington is in the final phase of a flood mitigation project in response to flooding resulting from Tropical Storm Hermine in September 2010. The project consists of the acquisition and demolition of 49 residential structures and a 14 building, 100-unit condominium complex, all of which were significantly flooded as a result of
November 21, 2011
NFIP – ASFPM Letter to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
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Link to ASFPM Letter on NFIP to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
November 18, 2011
Flood Insurance Program Extended Until Dec. 16
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Congress has approved yet another resolution to fund parts of the federal government including the nation’s flood insurance program on a short-term basis. This time the funding runs until Dec. 16. The Senate passed the short-term funding bill on Thursday evening after the House passed it in the afternoon. President Obama is expected to sign