The cost to the American taxpayer and insurance companies from climate-fueled disasters has exploded in recent decades.
"Superstorm Sandy"
N.Y. attorney general: Nation’s flood insurance program defrauding taxpayers
The report comes after a joint investigation by NPR and PBS’ Frontline that uncovered how private insurance companies in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy were profiting while homeowners suffered.
Business Of Disaster: Insurance Firms Profited $400 Million After Sandy
More than three years after Superstorm Sandy, NPR and PBS’s Frontline investigate the thousands still not home, the government agencies that failed to help and the companies that made millions.
For Some Superstorm Sandy Victims, The Government Wants Its Money Back
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is demanding that more than 3,600 people pay back almost $24 million in disaster grants they were given years ago in error.
Congress passes superstorm Sandy relief bill
On Friday, Congress passed the first of two relief bills for Superstorm Sandy. Money for Alaska was not in it.