Flooded town seeks money for repairs
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Building inspectors planned to go door to door Tuesday to assess damage from the flood caused by a break in a century-old irrigation canal, as homeowners face uncertainty over who will help them pay for repairs.
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By Vivian Austin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 11--GAUTIER -- City personnel are seeking grant money to fund an environmental court that would help enforce Gautier's laws on property care and cleanup.
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Town officials are hoping the state can unearth $1.4 million to help bring sewers to the Medway 495 Business Park. Otherwise, they say, some 250 area jobs may be lost -- not to mention thousands of dollars in annual tax revenue.
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Environment officials assess the damage after 300 gallons of heating oil leaks from a tanker in a coastal town.
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By Melissa Vargas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 9--HALTOM CITY -- When a resident near Spring Lake arrived home to  find a brick on her kitchen floor, a shattered window and $5,000 worth of her  belongings gone, she got mad.
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By Sara Perkins, The Monitor, McAllen, Texas  Feb. 24--RIO GRANDE CITY -- Almost $3 million in grants and loans should  go a long way toward improving water service for 500 households north of the  city -- but not all the way.
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A clear-up operation is under way after severe flooding hits a County Antrim village.
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By Carl Mario Nudi, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 17--PALMETTO -- Property owners will pay double what they pay now for the city to keep their neighborhood from flooding, if the city commission adopts a new fee schedule at a meeting Monday.
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Communities Secretary Hazel Blears says local authorities will be given financial aid to help deal with flood damage.
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Anglesey council will have to pay a Â£150,000 repair bill itself - because its HQ was not insured against flooding.
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A group of political leaders urged Gov. George Pataki on Sunday to designate a section of the city suffering from a prolonged power failure a disaster area, making it eligible for federal aid.
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Victims of the spring&#39;s severe storms, which brought flooding to the state, have until Monday evening to apply for disaster assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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State officials today urged people to stay where they were because of the possibility of flooding, but not everyone heeded the warning.
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By The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 20--GULFPORT -- City officials have issued at boil water notice along McCandliss Drive because of a broken water main.
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By TONI-LYNN ROBBINS; OF THE NEWS STAFF  HERMON - The town has received a community planning grant to research extending public water and sewer into the village area.
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Each Northern Ireland household seriously damaged as a result of Tuesday's flooding is to get Â£1,000.
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The flooding today forced some residents to climb to the tops of their vehicles, houses and trees to await rescue.