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A $14M FEMA grant for tsunami protection at a Oregon hospital was lost after the Trump-era BRIC program was canceled, threatening a critical safety project.
A $14 million FEMA grant to help tsunami-proof Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Oregon, has been lost after the Trump administration canceled the BRIC program, leaving a critical funding gap in a $300 million project.
The hospital, built in 1977 on vulnerable coastal land, is in a high-risk zone for a magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami from the Cascadia subduction zone, with experts warning the region is unprepared and could face thousands of deaths.
The new four-story hospital, designed with a vertical evacuation zone, is under construction, but the loss of federal support and no replacement plan in place has created uncertainty.
Officials say the tsunami safety features are too integrated to remove, and without continued federal funding, the project’s ability to protect patients and the community remains at risk.
Una subvención de FEMA de $ 14M para la protección contra tsunamis en un hospital de Oregon se perdió después de que el programa BRIC de la era Trump fuera cancelado, amenazando un proyecto de seguridad crítico.