Prolonged heavy rainfall causing flooding, livestock safety concerns Protecting livestock from the hazards of flooding and other natural disasters and emergencies is essential to help ensure continued success of farming and ranching operations, Dozier said. Contingency ... 05/4/2024 - 1:30 am | View Link
Brazil: Death toll rises as record flooding continues Dozens of people are dead or missing as days of heavy rain unleash torrential flooding in southern Brazil. Tens of thousands have been displaced amid widespread damage to houses and transport ... 05/4/2024 - 12:38 am | View Link
Flooding cash help on offer from Government Now, the government has said grants will be made available through the Property Flood Resilience Repair Grant scheme, making it easier for residents to future-proof their homes, according to the Local ... 05/4/2024 - 12:16 am | View Link
Kenya flooding delays school reopening Schools originally were to reopen this week, but the education ministry postponed that by a week. Students will now wait for the announcement of new reopening dates as some schools remain flooded and ... 05/3/2024 - 9:37 pm | View Link
In photos: At least 39 dead as historic flooding hits southern Brazil Heavy rainfall brought the highest water levels recorded in more than 80 years to the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. 05/3/2024 - 9:06 pm | View Link
Flood Maps | FEMA.gov Flood maps are one tool that communities use to know which areas have the highest risk of flooding. FEMA maintains and updates data through flood maps and risk assessments. Flood maps show how likely it is for an area to flood. Any place with a 1% chance or higher chance of experiencing a flood each year is considered to have a high risk. 05/2/2024 - 3:07 pm | View Website
Floods | Ready.gov Flooding is a temporary overflow of water onto land that is normally dry. Floods are the most common disaster in the United States. Failing to evacuate flooded areas or entering flood waters can lead to injury or death. Floods may: Result from rain, snow, coastal storms, storm surges and overflows of dams and other water systems. 05/2/2024 - 2:10 pm | View Website
“Sen. Bob Menendez will be allowed to argue at his federal corruption trial that he thought he was acting for the ‘good of the public’ when helping Egypt and Qatar, while prosecutors will be able to present evidence to the jury that they allege shows the lawmaker and his wife took bribes in a scheme involving the foreign governments to fund their lavish lifestyle.” CNN reports.
“Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-TX) indictment marks the third high-profile Hispanic lawmaker to have been indicted in recent months,” Politico reports.
“Critically, the influential Congressional Hispanic Caucus is coming to his defense.”
“That’s a marked difference from how the group treated Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N. J.), a fellow member who was indicted on charges that he and his wife accepted bribes in forms of cash, a car and gold bars to help aid the Egyptian government.
“Donald Trump will return to Minnesota next week as he tries to add the state to his electoral calculations despite two prior defeats,” MPR News reports.
“Trump has reportedly told donors and other associates that he has a pathway to flip Minnesota, a state that Democrats have had a lock on in presidential races for longer than anywhere else.
Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial said they have “a little more than two weeks of their case left, citing a few Fridays off in the coming weeks,” the New York Times reports.
“After that, the defense can put on a case, but does not have to. And after that, we will get closing arguments and the case will go to the jury.”
“A U. S. soldier was detained in Russia last week,” NBC News reports.
“He had been stationed in South Korea and traveled to Russia on his own and not on official business.”