#hurricaneberyl — Public Fediverse posts

Houston Mayor John Whitmire, after considering feedback from a series of public engagement meetings, said he is now seeking to steer $50 million in federal disaster relief aid toward housing.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/06/18/524332/houston-mayor-john-whitmire-calls-for-50-million-federal-disaster-aid-to-go-toward-housing/

#CityOfHouston #Housing #HoustonMayor #Hurricane #News #Politics #Weather #DerechoDamage #HomeRepairs #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #HurricaneBeryl #USDepartmentOfHousingAndUrbanDevelopment

The City of Houston plans to use federal disaster recovery funds for emergency vehicles, generators for city facilities and its initiative to end homelessness — a conflict with the largest identified need in the aftermath of 2024 storms.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2025/06/03/523053/houston-has-229-million-in-housing-needs-after-disasters-but-plans-to-spend-315-million-on-other-programs/

#CityOfHouston #Housing #Houston #HoustonMayor #Local #News #FederalDisasterRecoveryMoney #HoustonDerecho #HoustonHousingAndCommunityDevelopmentDepartment #HurricaneBeryl #USDepartmentOfHousingAndUrbanDevelopment

A bill in the Texas Legislature that would enhance the penalty for assaulting a utility worker, making it equal to that of assaulting a first responder, is one step closer to becoming law. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/2025/05/21/522006/texas-house-passes-bill-to-increase-penalty-for-assaulting-utility-workers/

#Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #CenterPointEnergy #HurricaneBeryl #TexasHouse #UtilityWorkers

Houston-area residents who bought generators shortly before or in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, which knocked out power to more than 2.2 million in the region, may be able to recoup at least some of those costs from FEMA.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/hurricane/2024/07/25/494776/fema-offering-assistance-to-houston-area-residents-who-bought-generators-during-hurricane-beryl-related-power-outages/

#Houston #Hurricane #Local #News #DisasterAssistance #Fema #FEMAInHouston #Generators #HurricaneBeryl #PowerGenerators

It has begun, hasn't it? 😔

What was science fiction in the 90s is happening now.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/03/jamaica-braces-for-arrival-of-hurricane-beryl

#ClimateCrisis #Carriacou #HurricaneBeryl #SimonStiel #Jamaica

#HurricaneBeryl strengthens to #Category5Storm as it ‘flattens’ island in #Grenada

The hurricane has already made landfall on the Caribbean island of #Carriacou, ripping off roofs with 240km/h winds

#Caribbean leader calls out rich countries for #ClimateFailures as ‘horrendous’ storm makes landfall
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/02/hurricane-beryl-category-5-landfall-carribbean-carriacou-storm-tracker
#ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather