The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA (https://mendovoice.com/tag/fema/)
Communities stuck on the front lines of the climate crisis need help relocating. The U.S. government isn’t prepared.
This article was produced in partnership with Columbia Journalism Investigations, the Center for Public Integrity and Type Investigations.
As California loses housing stock to fires, a strained market gets even tighter.
The new FEMA maps are not final, but could have substantial implications for insurance rates.
The county’s hazard mitigation plan, a blueprint for how the county will respond to natural disasters, is open for public comment.
From climate-fueled wildfires to COVID-19, mounting catastrophes are sowing stress and trauma. The country’s one program to help reaches only a fraction of survivors.
