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Search results for "Hawaii faces another major flood threat 2 weeks after its worst flooding in 20 years"

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Facebook posts stated on September 08, 2023 in a Facebook post:
A FEMA office in Chicago is proof of a conspiracy.
By Sara Swann• September 11, 2023
Bloggers stated on August 28, 2017 in a series of tweets:
Photo shows severe flooding at a Houston airport.
By Joshua Gillin• August 29, 2017
Barack Obama stated on June 25, 2008 in Chicago:
"Our National Guard, as we saw in the Midwest flooding, can't function as effectively as it could. I was talking to National Guard representatives. Fifteen of their 17 helicopters in this region were overseas during the flooding."
By Stephanie Garry• July 9, 2008
Instagram posts stated on April 21, 2021 in an Instagram video:
“Those 30-, 40-year mortgages” prove that banks know climate change “is not going to happen.”
By Andy Nguyen• April 26, 2021
Bloggers stated on September 01, 2017 in Internet posts:
"Navy destroyer strikes a building in downtown Houston."
By Joshua Gillin• September 1, 2017
Bruce Rauner stated on June 12, 2018 in a speech:
Says "massive floods" led to Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks at the Quincy Veterans’ Home.
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• June 18, 2018
Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Video shows floods in Spain and France.
By Marta Campabadal Graus• November 20, 2024
Joe Garcia stated on September 05, 2014 in a web ad:
Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo "supported raising flood insurance rates."
By Amy Sherman• September 16, 2014
Rick Scott stated on September 17, 2013 in a letter to Florida's U.S. senators:
"Over the past 35 years, Florida families have paid into the (National Flood Insurance Program) over $16 billion, four times more than the amount they have received in claim reimbursements."
By Amy Sherman• September 25, 2013
Facebook posts stated on October 31, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Video shows floods in Valencia, Spain.
By Maria Briceño• November 8, 2024
Instagram posts stated on February 19, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Cloud seeding program connected to recent California storms.
By Jeff Cercone• February 22, 2024
Facebook posts stated on September 24, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Video shows all highways closed in Berlin “right now.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 27, 2023
Senate Majority PAC stated on March 26, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says the Koch brothers "funded the fight to let flood insurance premiums soar ... Now they’re spending millions to buy a Senate seat for Bill Cassidy so he can fight for them."
By Louis Jacobson• April 8, 2014
Joe Biden stated on November 14, 2023 in remarks at the White House:
“Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 15, 2023
Facebook posts stated on August 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Video shows the state of “Great Britain now,” with “78,000 people under the water.”
By Loreben Tuquero• August 30, 2023
JB Pritzker stated on August 04, 2020 in remarks at a news conference:
When COVID-19 struck, the Illinois Department of Employment Security “was hit with something no one expected: 10 to 20 times the claims, even during the worst recession of my lifetime.”
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• August 14, 2020
Facebook posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a Facebook post:
This video shows floods in Spain.
By Marta Campabadal Graus• November 14, 2024
TikTok posts stated on August 21, 2023 in a TikTok video:
"Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium is flooded after mocking God!”
By Jeff Cercone• August 22, 2023
Sierra Club stated on February 22, 2016 in a letter from Tampa Bay Group chairman Kent Bailey to Hillsborough County commissioners:
"Our community (Tampa Bay) is one of the 10 most threatened by the sea level rise in the world."
By Joshua Gillin• February 26, 2016
Jared Moskowitz stated on January 22, 2026 in an X post:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s “backlog of unanswered disaster assistance applications has exploded to the largest in its history.”
By Samantha Putterman• January 28, 2026

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