A report released by the National Institute of Building Sciences found that every $1 the federal government spends on mitigation projects reduces future costs by an average of $6.
The measure, passed 82-17, gives Puerto Rico access to $4.9 billion in low-interest Treasury loans and would also replenish the troubled National Flood Insurance Program, which runs out of money as early as this week.
Category 2 Hurricane Ophelia is threatening everything from farms to a golf course owned by the family of U.S. President Donald Trump as it heads for Ireland.
Ophelia, the 10th straight Atlantic tropical storm to become a hurricane, is moving northeast and will approach Ireland on Monday before moving over Scotland.