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Analyzing options for increasing affordability of flood insurance
2015-12-12 12:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies an approach for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to evaluate policy options for making premiums through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) more affordable for those who have limited ability to pay. Microsimulation is a modeling approach that is well-suited to estimating premiums and future flood damage claims at the individual policyholder level, the report says....
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Are we wasting our time building flood defences?
2015-12-11 11:37:00| BIFM News
Blog by Steve Dance, Managing Partner, RiskCentric and Committee Member on BIFM’s Risk & Business Continuity Special Interest Group.
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Fruit of the Loom donates to flood victims
2015-12-11 01:20:54| Apparel - Topix.net
As disaster relief efforts continue in South Carolina and state officials report widespread devastation, Fruit of the Loom recently delivered 54,000 clothing items to those affected by the historic October floods. “We have been humbled by the tremendous outpouring of support from people all over the world as South Carolina recovers from one of the worst disasters in our history,” said Kim Stenson, Director of the S.C. Emergency Management Division.
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Government Issues Support Payments to Flood Affected Farmers
2015-12-11 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - The UK's Farming Minister, George Eustice, has confirmed that support payments worth up to £20,000 will be available to farmers across Cumbria and North Lancashire who have been affected by flooding.
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United Kingdom: Cameron government rejected flood risk warnings from climate advisers
2015-12-09 16:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK government was warned by its official climate change advisers in October that it needed to take action on the increasing number of homes at high risk of flooding but rejected the advice. The decision not to develop to develop a strategy to address increase flooding risk came just a few weeks before Storm Desmond brought about severe flooding in Cumbria, Lancashire and other parts of the north west causing an estimated 500m of damage. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) also told the...
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