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In response to the series of storms across California in December 2022 through April 2023, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is providing state-funded storm recovery services to provide disaster relief case management and direct assistance to eligible individuals who experienced hardship from the storms and cannot access federal assistance due to immigration status. Direct assistance payments will be provided for the purpose of helping storm impacted individuals and households cover certain necessary costs including housing, food, and transportation costs.

Storm recovery services are available in California counties where the President has issued a Major Disaster Declaration and approved Individual Assistance (IA) in those counties because of impact from the storms. Additional counties may be added as they receive IA declarations and if there is provider capacity to deliver services in those areas.

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The storm recovery services will be available in most counties during the month of June. The program will be available through May 31, 2024, or until all funds are expended. Assistance will be provided on a first come, first served basis to eligible individuals. Applicants may only seek assistance with the nonprofit organization(s) assigned to their county of residency or county in which they were impacted (county in which they were employed and/or resided).

To be eligible for storm recovery services, an individual must be able to provide information that they (1) lived and/or worked in an impacted county; (2) are an adult (person over the age of 18); (3) are not eligible for federal disaster assistance; and (4) have experienced a hardship resulting from the storms that occurred in December 2022 through April 2023.

The information provided to the nonprofit organizations will only be used to confirm eligibility and provide storm recovery services and assistance to eligible individuals. The nonprofit organizations will share general demographic information (e.g. age, gender, preferred language, county location, etc.) with the State of California about applicants, but no personal information (e.g. name, address, etc.) will be given to any government agency.

The Center for Operational Products and Services (CO-OPS) monitors and disseminates elevated water level conditions along the coast when a tropical storm or hurricane watch or warning is issued by the National Weather Service (NWS). Beginning with the 2019 hurricane season, the Storm QuickLook product will now be disseminated as an interactive map-based web tool through the Coastal Inundation Dashboard. This customized map will show the latest tropical cyclone forecast track and intensity information, active storm surge watches or warnings, and coastal flood watches, warnings or advisories issued by NWS. A summary of coastal water level & meteorological conditions will be updated three times daily.

In addition to real-time storm surge observations, CO-OPS compiles peak water level observations following every storm that impacts the U.S. coast. This information is provided to NWS for their tropical cyclone reports and is disseminated through Storm Reports for select high-impact storms.

Storm surge is an abnormal rise of water generated by a storm, over and above the predicted astronomical tides. Storm surge should not be confused with storm tide, which is defined as the water level rise due to the combination of storm surge and the astronomical tide. This rise in water level can cause extreme flooding in coastal areas particularly when storm surge coincides with normal high tide, resulting in storm tides reaching up to 20 feet or more in some cases.

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Winter storms create a higher risk of car accidents, hypothermia, frostbite, carbon monoxide poisoning, and heart attacks from overexertion. Winter storms including blizzards can bring extreme cold, freezing rain, snow, ice and high winds.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services is a joint municipal/county stormwater utility that includes the City of Charlotte, the surrounding towns of Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Matthews, Mint Hill and Pineville and Mecklenburg County.

Gov. Greg Abbott issued a state of emergency declaration (PDF) on Feb. 12 due to the severity of the storm. On Feb. 13, some electricity generators began experiencing outages, and on Feb. 14, ERCOT issued a public plea for customers to reduce energy usage after power generation could not be increased to meet demand. As the grid continued to struggle to meet demand, controlled blackouts occurred, and on Feb. 15, ERCOT issued a declaration of emergency. According to a University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) Energy Report (PDF), the grid did not normalize until Feb. 19 and narrowly missed a catastrophic failure that potentially could have caused a total blackout throughout the state.

As mentioned, 210 people perished because of Winter Storm Uri. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), most fatalities can be attributed to hypothermia, vehicle crashes, carbon monoxide poisoning and chronic medical conditions complicated by the storm. (DSHS continues to monitor and update this figure as new information becomes available.)

Some dairy operators were forced to dump milk due to transportation difficulties during the storm. And because the winter storm hit during birthing season, it led to the loss of many newborn calves and lambs. Overall, AgriLife Extension tallied economic losses to ranchers at nearly $228 million.

The same group estimated losses for citrus farmers of at least $230 million. Some Rio Grande Valley producers lost more than 60 percent of their crops. Citrus crops that did not survive the storm may take years to replace and begin producing fruit, causing an even greater economic impact. Vegetable crops also suffered, with devastating losses totaling nearly $150 million. The most significant impact to vegetable farmers was to onions, leafy greens and watermelons. Agricultural production disruption and the related increased cost of livestock feed contributed to some higher costs at grocery stores as well; with yields down, prices went up.

Thankfully, that scenario did not occur, but in February 2021, Winter Storm Uri did help to illustrate the interconnectedness of the Texas economy and provide an opportunity to better mitigate the effects of future storms. FN

Homeowners in Louisiana may be eligible for a state tax deduction or insurance premium discount for voluntarily strengthening their homes against storms and hurricanes in compliance with the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code.

The National Weather Service issues watches and warnings for winter storms and blizzards to alert the public of potential winter storms. It is important to understand the difference between these warnings so you know what to do to stay safe:

The storm ranked as Extreme, or a Category 5, on the Regional Snowfall Index for the Northeast, Southeast, and Ohio Valley regions. Covering more than 550,000 square miles and impacting nearly 120 million people, the Storm of the Century still ranks as one of the worst snowstorms to impact these three regions.

In addition to the snow, an estimated 15 tornadoes struck Florida, with 44 deaths attributed to either the tornadoes or other severe weather in the state. A 12-foot storm surge also occurred in Taylor County, Florida, resulting in at least seven deaths.

By using the reported wind speeds at the insured's location(s), STORM is designed to closely mirror what the customer experiences during the storm. Just days after a tropical cyclone makes landfall, we receive a high-resolution wind map. We find the highest one-minute sustained windspeed during the hurricane at the policyholder's location(s), and determine payout based on this wind speed. This allows for policy holders to recover proceeds for tropical cyclones that have a meaningful impact at their locations.

When severe storms such as hurricanes, cyclones, and nor'easters move toward land from the ocean, low pressure and strong winds can push abnormally high water levels onto the coast. Storms moving across the Great Lakes can also produce flood-causing surges. Along ocean coasts, storm surges can produce water levels much higher than normal high tide, resulting in extreme coastal and inland flooding. As locations' vulnerability to storm surge depends in part on the shape of the ocean floor in the region, NOAA's National Hurricane Center offers a series of maps that can help people living in hurricane-prone areas evaluate their risk for storm surge.

When a storm surge arrives at the same time as high tide, as it did when Hurricane Sandy came ashore on the East Coast in 2012, it can raise water levels 20 feet or more above mean sea level. As a result of global sea level rise, storm surges that occur today are eight inches higher than they would have been in 1900. By 2100, storm surges will happen on top of an additional 1 to 8 feet of global sea level rise as compared to the year 2000. 1

Water weighs about 1,700 pounds per cubic yard, so extended pounding by wind- and tide-driven waves of a storm surge can damage or destroy structures not built to withstand such forces. Additional impacts of storm surge include extensive property loss, erosion of beaches, damage to coastal habitats, and undermining the foundations of infrastructure such as roads, railroads, bridges, buildings, and pipelines. Storm surges also pose a serious threat of death by drowning.

Hurricane Katrina was one of the most powerful storms to strike the United States, with winds of 160 miles per hour (257 kilometers per hour) and stronger gusts. The massive storm covers much of the Gulf of Mexico, spanning from the U.S. coast to the Yucatan Peninsula. e24fc04721