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Natural Disasters

BUILDER tells you how you can improve your homes’ chances of surviving the next big storm. Plus: News of severe weather affecting builders from Maine to California.

• Builders Flinch about Rebuilding after Disasters

  After natural disasters hit, many builders flinch at getting involved in rebuilding efforts.

   

• Hurricane Ike Hits Gulf

  Category 2 storm leaves more than 2.5 million people without power in three states.

   

• Gustav Submerges Parts of New Orleans

  Clean-up effort begins.

   

• HUD Readies Disaster Assistance For Gulf Hurricane Victims

  Foreclosure protection to be offered to displaced families

   

• California to Homeowners: You Must Help Prevent Wildfires

  California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week called for homeowners to aid the state in preventing wildfires by following landscaping laws designed to keep such fires from spreading.

   

• Flood Rules in Flux, Part II

  Updates on Zones A, V, and Coastal A

   

• Builders and Developers Grapple With Rising Tide of Regulations of Flood Rules

  Builders and developers grapple with rising tide of regulations.

   

• Hallmark Communities Expands Fire Rebuild Program

  Hallmark Communities is offering burned-out owners in greater San Diego three different ways they can rebuild their homes that were damaged or destroyed by wildfires in late October. The builder has reassembled the same six-person rebuild team that it used four years ago, the last time fires swept...

   

• Builders Poised to Rebuild After Southern California Fires

  As of late Monday home builders were still assessing the damage from the weekend fires in Malibu, Calif., that destroyed 53 homes and damaged another 34. The state Office of Emergency Services (OES) said the Malibu fire, which was caused by an undetermined human intervention, was 90 percent...

   

• Facing Fire

  When the June 2007 Angora Fire burned its way into the residential streets of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., firefighters were ready. The neighborhoods, unfortunately, were not.