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Boaters on the Jersey Shore this summer risk collisions with everything up to and including the kitchen sink.
New Jersey’s mayors and city council members have been getting their first look at the latest flood maps from FEMA — and they don’t like what they’re seeing.
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New York City’s Staten Island shore took a beating from Sandy. Now, homeowners there say they’re ready to admit defeat.
Big dunes saved some neighborhoods in New Jersey and New York from the worst of Sandy’s wrath. Does that mean we should build more dunes?
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Senator Schumer and Governor Christie are taking the FEMA-backed flood insurance program to task for slow processing — and slower payouts.
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Baton Rouge police have leveled felony theft charges against a Louisiana builder after more than 30 unpaid trade contractors filed liens against four homeowners.
When it comes to rebuilding, can New Orleans put the ball in the end zone?
When the storm finally struck, even police were surprised at some locations by the combination of high tide, storm surge, and waves.
Whether roofs fail depends on specifics of the weather — as well as on the special vulnerabilities of particular buildings.
The American Lumber Standards Committee (ALSC) has voted to accept new design values for Southern Pine lumber, including all sizes and grades of dimensional lumber.
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Federal Judge Eldon E. Fallon has okayed a massive settlement that will cover thousands of houses whose value was degraded by sulfurous emissions seeping out of contaminated Chinese-made drywall.
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New Jersey, wants to get a little higher.
FEMA’s new flood maps for New York are coming out, and the new boundaries extend over more properties.
Sandy has been a drag on the U.S. economy. But will the long-run effect be good for the region?
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After months of political maneuvering, Congress has acted on a relief package for the region impacted by Superstorm Sandy, but there is no telling when the money authorized by Congress will actually reach the people who need it.
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There’s lively debate about whether rebuilding on the coastline is wise. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants Hurricane Sandy victims who live along the coast to consider rebuilding their homes on stilts or selling their houses to the state and relocating,
Unlike previous storms, Sandy affected a northern region where winter weather is a rough reality. And three months after the storm, people whose heating systems are still out of commission have been shivering.
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Rebuilding New Jersey and New York shore communities will take years. But the fight over the insurance money could last even longer.
University of Florida researchers are shedding new light on the strength benefits (and moisture risks) of closed-cell spray-foam applied to the underside of roof sheathing.
Florida is the slowest of the so-called “sand states” to emerge from the housing recession. One reason is the sluggish pace of court action on foreclosures.