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West Virginia Will Get $87M More for Flood Recovery

Congress has approved $87 million more in federal funds to help West Virginia recover from deadly flooding over the summer, according to state lawmakers. The funding is from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery …

Missouri Bar Owner Struggles Financially After 2015 Flood

Bar owner Scott Coleman once had no problem giving money away. But that was before the flood. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that when a regular walked into his Some Other Place Bar and Grill after disappearing for a few …

Additional $199M to Colorado for Flood Recovery

Colorado is getting an additional $199 million from the federal government to help communities devastated by September’s historic floods, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced Friday. The funds from HUD will help with housing and infrastructure repairs …