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“Señor ta mi wardador, mi’n tin falta di nada
Den cunucu di yerba berde e ta ponemi sosega.
E ta hibami na awa trankil,
Pa mi bolbe haña forsa”.
Salmo: 23
Cu dolor na nos curason, nos ta participa
fayecimento di nos Tanta stima:
Veronica Tromp
Cariñosamente yama “Jonka”
*28-05-1936 - †29-07-2022
Entiero lo tuma lugar na Aurora Funeral Home
diamars 2 di augustus 2022 di 9’or pa 11’or di
mainta. Despues lo sali pa Santana Central Sabana
Basora.
Disculpa nos pero despues di entiero nos no ta
ricibi bishita di condolencia na cas.
Laga tur loke ta spera mi ta bunita
Laga tur locual cu mi encontra na caminda ta
bunita
Laga tur locual cu mi laga atras keda bunita y
Laga esakinan termina den tur buniteza.
Cado Wever.
Cu dolor na nos curason, nos ta anuncia fayecimento
di:
Martin Cohen de Aguas
*11-11-1962 - †31-07-2022
Acto di despedida lo wordo
anuncia despues.
obituario/u.s. news Diamars 2 augustus 2022
Harris cites climate 'crisis,' pushes
$1B for floods, storms
(AP) — Vice President Ka-
mala Harris called climate
change an "immediate" and
"urgent" crisis Monday as she
detailed more than $1 bil-
lion in federal spending to
respond to disasters such as
deadly flooding in Kentucky
and wildfires ravaging her
home state of California.
On a visit to Miami, Harris an-
nounced a series of grants being
made available to states to help
communities across the nation
prepare for and respond to cli-
mate-related disasters.
Touring the National Hurri-
cane Center before the grant an-
nouncement, Harris said disas-
ters such as the Kentucky floods
and California wildfires show
"how immediate, how current
and how urgent'' it is to address
extreme weather being experi-
enced in the United States and
around the world. only after disaster strikes, but hundreds of millions of dollars
"Climate change has become a before disaster strikes, and that ultimately going directly to the
climate crisis, and a threat has is why we are here today.'' communities that need it most,''
now become a reality,'' she said she said.
in a speech at Florida Interna- The billion-dollar grant program
tional University. announced by Harris doubles A total of $1 billion will be made
spending from last year on pro- available through the BRIC pro-
Harris cited deadly floods that grams to defend against extreme gram, with another $160 million
have swept through Kentucky weather events across the coun- to be offered for flood mitigation
and Missouri, "washing away try. Biden announced last month assistance, officials said.
entire neighborhoods,'' leaving that the administration will Jacksonville, Florida, was among
at least 35 dead, including chil- double spending yet again in the cities that received money under
dren. At least two people were budget year that begins in Octo- the BRIC program last year. The
killed in a wildfire in Northern ber, spending $2.3 billion to help city was awarded $23 million for
California that was among sev- communities cope with soaring flood mitigation and stormwater
eral fires menacing thousands of temperatures through programs infrastructure. Jacksonville, the
homes in the western U.S. Hot administered by FEMA, the De- largest city in Florida, sits in a
and gusty weather and lightning partment of Health and Human humid, subtropical region along
storms threatened to boost the Services and other agencies. the St. Johns River and Atlantic
danger that the fires will keep Ocean, making it vulnerable to
growing, The Building Resilient Infra- flooding when stormwater ba-
"The devastation is real. The structure and Communities, or sins reach capacity.
harm is real. The impact is real,'' BRIC, program, supports states,
Harris said. "And we are wit- local communities, tribes and The South Florida Water Man-
nessing it in real time.'' territories on projects to reduce agement District in Miami-
climate-related hazards and pre- Dade County received $50 mil-
In 2021, the United States ex- pare for natural disasters such as lion for flood mitigation and
perienced 20 climate-related di- floods and wildfires. The pro- pump station repairs. The mon-
sasters that each caused over $1 gram is funded through FEMA's ey will protect low-lying neigh-
billion in damage, Harris said, Disaster Relief Fund and the borhoods from sea-level rise and
citing a report by the National bipartisan infrastructure law storm surge, Harris said.
Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- signed by Biden last year.
ministration. There were about Kern County, California re-
six such disasters per year in the "Communities across our nation ceived nearly $40 million for
1990s. are experiencing first-hand the underground water storage to al-
"The frequency has accelerated devastating impacts of the cli- low access to clean water during
in a relatively short period of mate change and the related ex- droughts, while Austin, Texas
time," Harris said. "The science treme weather events that follow received millions to upgrade its
is clear. Extreme weather will — more energized hurricanes power grid "so that homes and
only get worse, and the climate with deadlier storm surges, in- businesses and houses of wor-
crisis will only accelerate.'' creased flooding and a wildfire ship can keep on the electric-
The White House is leading a season that's become a year-long ity during summer and winter
government-wide response to threat," said FEMA head Deanne storms,'' Harris said.
climate disasters that "recognizes Criswell. The grant program is among a
the urgency of this moment and series of Biden administration
actions intended to reduce heat-
our ability to do something about The grants announced Mon-
day will "help to ensure that related illness and protect pub-
it," Harris said, adding that lead-
ers such as herself and President our most vulnerable commu- lic health, including a proposed
Joe Biden "have a duty to act, not nities are not left behind, with workplace heat standard.