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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to develop a safety mechanism to prevent drunk driving, which causes about 10,000 deaths each year in the United States as of 2021, which will be rolled out in phases for retroactive fitting, [126] [127] and will become mandatory for ...
The Biden administration said efforts to rebuild communities from the devastating floods in the Southeast caused by Hurricane Helene will cost billions of dollars and take several years to complete.
“The Biden-Harris administration took more than a billion tax dollars that had been allocated to FEMA for disaster relief and used it to house illegal aliens,” fumed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio ...
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, commonly known as the Stafford Act, [1] is a 1988 United States federal law designed to bring an orderly and systematic means of federal natural disaster assistance for state and local governments in carrying out their responsibilities to aid citizens. Congress's intention was ...
A weir was built on the Humber River (Ontario) to prevent a recurrence of a catastrophic flood. Flood management describes methods used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters. Flooding can be caused by a mix of both natural processes, such as extreme weather upstream, and human changes to waterbodies and runoff.
Throw away food that may have come in contact with flood or storm water. Power outages: When possible, use battery-powered flashlights or lanterns instead of candles, gas lanterns or torches to ...
The physical and psychological effects of climate change in the United States on human health will likely depend on specific location. Researchers have determined that locations of concern are "coastal regions, islands, deserts in the southwest, vector-borne and zoonotic disease border regions, cities, and the U.S. Arctic (Alaska)". [ 132 ]
He said that the state needed improved infrastructure. Murphy said he would be requesting a major disaster declaration from the federal government, and promised to discuss storm-response measures with President Biden late on September 2. [72]