Biden Allocates $1B to Prepare for Hurricane, Wildfire Season
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May 24, 2021
Source: Florida Phoenix
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The White House (Remarks by President Biden During Briefing on the Atlantic Hurricane Outlook and Preparedness Efforts)
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is doubling the amount of federal funding to help states prepare for natural disasters like hurricanes and wildfires, he announced Monday.
His administration is directing $1 billion to the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, which sends resources to communities, states, and tribal governments to prepare for extreme weather.
Those federal dollars will be part of an effort to shift the focus from reactive disaster spending to proactive investments that boost community resilience against bad weather, according to the White House.
“We’re going to spare no expense, no effort to keep Americans safe and respond to crises when they arise, and they certainly will,” Biden said Monday as he visited the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The announcement of additional federal aid for disaster preparation comes as the country is preparing for what Biden described as “the busiest time of year” for disasters on both sides of the nation: hurricanes along the Southern and Eastern coasts, and wildfire season in the West.
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