Brady Dennis

1 day ago | washingtonpost.com | Brady Dennis |Scott Dance |Ruby Mellen

INDIAN BEACH, North Carolina — For Allison Johnson and her family, the beach was no place to linger this week. Rather than setting up a tent and spending Tuesday afternoon at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean here, they pulled their lounge chairs right into the surf. Maybe, the 51-year-old said, she would bring her son, daughter-in-law and granddaughters back at dusk, when the sun sank low and the sand would no longer sear their feet.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Brady Dennis |Matthew Cappucci

At least 4 dead as heavy rain, flash flooding hit Texas (washingtonpost.com) At least 4 dead as heavy rain, flash flooding hit Texas By Brady Dennis; Matthew Cappucci 2025061217244500 At least four people have died amid torrential rainfall and flash floods that swamped parts of Texas early Thursday. "We have a very, very tragic situation here this morning," San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said during a news conference.

2 weeks ago | southfloridareporter.com | Scott Dance |Brady Dennis

Preparation for the unknown was always in Alan Harris's job description as emergency manager for Seminole County, Florida, where thousands of homes suffered flood damage during Hurricane Ian in 2022. But as hurricane season begins this year, there is a fresh layer of uncertainty to contend with. The Trump administration has declared a desire to reshape a federal disaster response system widely considered to be too complicated and winding,and hasalready taken steps to upend it.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Scott Dance |Brady Dennis

As disasters loom, emergency managers say they aren’t counting on FEMA (washingtonpost.com) As disasters loom, emergency managers say they aren’t counting on FEMA By Scott Dance; Brady Dennis 2025060810001200 Preparation for the unknown was always in Alan Harris's job description as emergency manager for Seminole County, Florida, where thousands of homes suffered flood damage during Hurricane Ian in 2022.

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Brady Dennis

Many coastal communities are flooding more than we thought, researchers find (washingtonpost.com) Many coastal communities are flooding more than we thought, researchers find By Brady Dennis 2025060209000000 Fast-rising seas have forced some coastal communities to endure flooding far more frequently than previously thought, and much more often than federal tide gauges would suggest, according to a new findings from researchers in North Carolina.