FEMA plans to inspect Wis. flood damage next week

Hurricanes offer similar lessons for builders

Published: March 28, 2013
Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, floods, Hurricane Sandy, hurricanes, Superstorm Sandy

Lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy about how best to limit damage to buildings closely track those of Katrina, a federal engineer said. Elevating generators and pumps is a good idea but enclosing elevated foundations that might be hit by waves or wave-borne debris can cause problems.

Wis. counties get $13M in FEMA flood relief

Published: October 29, 2012
Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Natural Disaster

Three counties in far northern Wisconsin will receive nearly $13 million in disaster relief following major flood damage from the summer.

FEMA declares disaster in NW Wis. due to flooding

Published: August 3, 2012
Tags: Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, Gov. Scott Walker, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Scott Walker

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has declared a major disaster for three northwestern Wisconsin counties due to flood damage in June.

House-Senate negotiators unveil spending bill

Published: November 15, 2011
Tags: bridge, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, Obama, roads, Transportation

By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a bundle of spending measures for the ongoing budget year, blending cuts to NASA and community development programs while averting cuts to nutrition programs. The approximately $182 billion measure announced late Monday would provide money for day-to-day operations at the [...]

Tornadoes, other disasters ‘drive the codes’

Published: April 29, 2011
Tags: Bryan Bear, disasters, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, International Masonry Institute, J. Stephen Weeks, tornado

By Brian Johnson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — As survivors across the South continue to pick up the pieces from the deadliest tornado outburst in nearly four decades, building specialists are sure to be exploring ways to minimize damage and loss of life in future storms. Lessons from natural disasters, such as tornadoes and earthquakes, [...]

Wis. requests federal aid for February blizzard

Published: March 17, 2011
Tags: blizzard, federal disaster aid, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, Scott Walker, snomageddon

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has requested federal disaster assistance for 10 southern Wisconsin counties as a result of a blizzard that hit the area in February. In a letter to President Barack Obama and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Walker requests federal aid to offset the cost of cleanup efforts in [...]

It takes a village … to move a village

Published: December 13, 2010
Tags: Basina, BidBlog, blog, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, floods, Gays Mills, Kickapoo River

By Jan Basina • EMS Building, Gays Mills, Crawford County • Public Works Building, Gays Mills, Crawford County • Community Commerce Center, Gays Mills, Crawford County Flooding is nothing new to the village of Gays Mills. After all, the Kickapoo River has spilled over its banks 11 times in the past 100 years. But the [...]

Stormy chapter about to come to a close

Published: November 16, 2010
Tags: blog, Doyle, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, floods, Hot Topics, Lanane, storms

By Joe Lanane

staff writer

The effects from late-July’s flooding persist months later, but after Wednesday residents from Milwaukee and Grant counties will no longer qualify for financial aid.

Feds declare 9 Wis. counties disaster areas

Published: October 22, 2010
Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, floods, storms

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal officials have declared nine Wisconsin counties disaster areas after floods swept through them last month. The declaration makes government agencies across the counties eligible for federal and state reimbursement of most of their recovery costs. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will cover 75 percent of the expenses and the state [...]