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Please Help: Volunteers Needed To Help With Hurricane Wiki To Prep for Hurricane Ida

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Source: Weather Channel Alerts 2009 was looking like a very uneventful hurricane season. That is until Hurricane Ida slammed into El Salvador killing 91 people as of this writing. We need volunteers to review the wiki section by section and make sure that there are resources collected for Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.

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How You Can Help Hurricane Ida Relief Efforts

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Late at night on Sunday August 29th, Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near Port Fourchon, Louisiana. The good news is that no matter how far you are from the areas hit by Hurricane Ida, you can still help those impacted by the storm. Find the Helpers. You can donate to their work here. You can donate here.

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Tips for Disaster Relief Bloggers

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Here are some of the tips they gave for other disaster relief bloggers: Tips from Grace 1. Most times during a disaster, the survivors do not have power, so your blog isn’t for them, it is for the people on the outside who want to help them. People wanted to see how her town looked before, as well as after the hurricane.

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Trump wants to cut more disaster recovery funding. Nearly every Congressional district has recently needed the money

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When climate disasters strike, funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is just one part of the response. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) also plays a significant role by helping cities and states rebuild after hurricanes, wildfires, and other climate impacts. Meanwhile, 99.5% Meanwhile, 99.5%

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America’s roads, bridges, and drinking water just got a ‘C’ grade—but that’s actually an improvement

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Its especially critical that infrastructure can handle more extreme weather due to climate change, said Olson, noting hurricanes that devastated the East Coast and parts of Appalachia last year. saw 27 weather disasters last year that cost at least $1 billion , second-most since 1980. The bill also provided billions to help the U.S.

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DOGE cuts AmeriCorps funding—forcing members to be discharged early

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Young volunteers who respond to natural disasters and help with community projects across the U.S. The volunteers are especially visible after natural disasters , including Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Helene last year. It celebrated its 30th year last year.

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Trump just killed a rule meant to prevent towns from flooding repeatedly

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Earlier this year, elected officials from 18 towns and counties devastated by Hurricane Helene gathered outside the Madison County courthouse in Marshall, North Carolina. They, like most of the people impacted by Hurricane Helenes rampage in September, dont doubt another flood is coming.