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<p><a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/melissa/" rel="tag">#Melissa</a> <a href="/tags/hurricanemelissa/" rel="tag">#HurricaneMelissa</a> <a href="/tags/relief/" rel="tag">#Relief</a> - &#x27;I Love Jamaica&#x27; concerts / fundraiser</p><p>The concert at the National Stadium Car Park in Kingston, November 14 has been changed to a virtual concert and telethon on November 16</p><p>Concerts:</p><p>KOKO Camden LONDON<br>November 13 </p><p>&#x27;Padel Up&#x27; Culver City / LOS ANGELES<br>November 16</p><p>‘I Love Jamaica Telethon’<br>November 23, from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.</p><p>Hard Rock Stadium MIAMI<br>December 7</p><p>MIRAMAR Regional Park<br>December 7</p><p>UBS Arena NEW YORK<br>December 12</p><p>O2 Arena LONDON<br>December 21</p><p>In planning; Canada and Serbia</p>

<p>Prescient Warnings About Helene Didn’t Reach People in Harm’s Way. </p><p>Here Are 5 Lessons for the Next <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> </p><p>After four months of reporting, ProPublica found that the warnings about Helene were eerily accurate. </p><p>Yet, local residents remained largely unaware of the enormity of danger approaching as the storm closed in.</p><p><a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#weather</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#safety</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-lessons-evacuation-orders-messaging" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-lessons-evacuation-orders-messaging"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hur</span><span class="invisible">ricane-helene-lessons-evacuation-orders-messaging</span></a></p>

<p>NOAA: 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted to Be Above Normal With 13 to 19 Named Storms <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/noaa-atlantic-hurricane-season-forecast-2025.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ecowatch.com/noaa-atlantic-hurricane-season-forecast-2025.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ecowatch.com/noaa-atlantic</span><span class="invisible">-hurricane-season-forecast-2025.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/atlantic/" rel="tag">#Atlantic</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/noaa/" rel="tag">#NOAA</a></p>

<p>States Fear Critical Funding From FEMA May Be Drying Up<br>—</p><p>Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders are looking for clues about the money — and the future of FEMA itself.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fema-grants-trump-emergencies?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fema-grants-trump-emergencies?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fem</span><span class="invisible">a-grants-trump-emergencies?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/disaster/" rel="tag">#Disaster</a> <a href="/tags/emergency/" rel="tag">#Emergency</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>Some Texas Officials Didn’t Respond to Flood Alerts, Echoing the Tragedies of Hurricane Helene<br>—</p><p>Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-evacuations-hurricane-helene?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-evacuations-hurricane-helene?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-flooding-evacuations-hurricane-helene?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/texasfloods/" rel="tag">#TexasFloods</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/tx/" rel="tag">#TX</a> <a href="/tags/disaster/" rel="tag">#Disaster</a> <a href="/tags/emergency/" rel="tag">#Emergency</a> <a href="/tags/flood/" rel="tag">#Flood</a></p>

<p>What Emergency Managers Say They Need More Than Ever<br>---</p><p>We heard from more than 40 current and former emergency managers in 11 states about what they need to prepare for the next disaster — and what they aren’t getting.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/emergency-managers-united-states-resource-needs?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/emergency-managers-united-states-resource-needs?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/eme</span><span class="invisible">rgency-managers-united-states-resource-needs?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/emergency/" rel="tag">#Emergency</a> <a href="/tags/disaster/" rel="tag">#Disaster</a> <a href="/tags/resources/" rel="tag">#Resources</a> <a href="/tags/tornado/" rel="tag">#Tornado</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a></p>

<p>Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.</p><p>But in some N.C. counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fema-aid-hurricane-helene-income-disparities?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fema-aid-hurricane-helene-income-disparities?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fem</span><span class="invisible">a-aid-hurricane-helene-income-disparities?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/aid/" rel="tag">#Aid</a></p>

<p>After Hurricane Helene swept through North Carolina in September 2024, the Hill family fought hard for every federal aid dollar available to rebuild. They were displaced by the deadliest inland hurricane on record. </p><p>Watch their journey to return home: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rebuilding-after-hurricane-helene-north-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/rebuilding-after-hurricane-helene-north-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/reb</span><span class="invisible">uilding-after-hurricane-helene-north-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/helene/" rel="tag">#Helene</a> <a href="/tags/anniversary/" rel="tag">#Anniversary</a> <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/aid/" rel="tag">#Aid</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#Video</a></p>

<p>I hate that anyone named Melissa will now be associated with this potentially deadly hurricane. I have a friend named Katrina who changed her name to Kat after the 2005 hurricane killed nearly 1400 people.</p><p>Maybe we could just name hurricanes/cyclones after the oil companies and the billionaires who profit off them? Have to reuse the names a lot, but we can just add numbers, like we do for Kings or Popes: ExxonMobil III or BP XIX. </p><p><a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/melissa/" rel="tag">#Melissa</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/huracan/" rel="tag">#Huracan</a> / <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/melissa/" rel="tag">#Melissa</a> &gt; <a href="/tags/jamaica/" rel="tag">#Jamaica</a> List(s) of emergency numbers</p><p>Jamaica Information Service &gt; <a href="https://jis.gov.jm/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>jis.gov.jm/</a></p>

<p>“I Love Jamaica” concerts / foundraiser &gt; Jamaica&#x27;s Entertainment Minister Olivia Grange says her ministry will be leading a series of fundraising concerts on the island and across the world to support Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.<br>Five concerts will be held with the island’s “best reggae artistes and musicians as well as friends of Jamaica” with all proceeds going towards the national recovery programme.</p><p><a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/melissa/" rel="tag">#Melissa</a> <a href="/tags/hurricanemelissa/" rel="tag">#HurricaneMelissa</a> <a href="/tags/jamaice/" rel="tag">#Jamaice</a> <a href="/tags/relief/" rel="tag">#Relief</a></p>

<p>Roughly 5,000 North Carolina homeowners affected by Hurricane Helene are awaiting help from the state.</p><p>But records show problems like rigid rules and insufficient staffing, which occurred in a previous rebuilding program, are starting to surface.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-housing-recovery-program-lessons?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-housing-recovery-program-lessons?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hur</span><span class="invisible">ricane-helene-housing-recovery-program-lessons?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/house/" rel="tag">#House</a></p>