Latest FEMA Headlines
All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Vermont and U.S. Officials Highlight Irene Housing
Apr 26 2012 // Stephen Cutlip had only been living in Mendon for several weeks when he was displaced last summer by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. Following the August flood, he lived in a series of motels then spent three months in...
FEMA Urges Renewal of Flood Insurance Program Set to Expire Next Month
Apr 25 2012 // Federal flood insurance officials are urging Congress to renew the federal program. The National Flood Insurance Program is scheduled to expire on May 31 unless Congress acts, in advance, to reauthorize it. “Without...
FEMA Reports $18.6 Million in Disaster Aid to Kentucky
Apr 25 2012 // More than $18.6 million in federal disaster assistance has been approved for Kentucky residents who went through the tornadoes and severe storms of late February and early March. The Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Companies to Pay $14.8M in FEMA Trailer Settlement
Apr 19 2012 // Nearly two dozen companies that manufactured government-issued trailers for storm victims after Hurricane Katrina have agreed to pay $14.8 million in a proposed class-action settlement of claims that the temporary shelters...
FEMA to Agents: Stop Using Commission Rebates to Solicit Business
Apr 17 2012 // Federal emergency officials are calling on insurance agents to stop offering clients a cut of the agent’s commission if the client agrees to purchase a flood policy. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is taking...
FEMA: More than $2M in Indiana Disaster Aid Approved
Apr 9 2012 // More than $2 million in federal aid has been approved for homeowners, businesses and others affected by southern Indiana tornadoes and other storms earlier this year. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says that...
FEMA Director: Private Sector Needs ‘Seat at the Table’ in Disaster Response
Mar 28 2012 // The private sector should be engaged early and often in preparing for and responding to natural disasters like hurricanes, the top U.S. emergency management official says. Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal...
FEMA Denies Appeal; Harrisburg Fire Chief Says Town ‘Will Survive’
Mar 23 2012 // Harrisburg Fire Chief Bill Summers says his southern Illinois town will recover from last month’s deadly tornado with or without FEMA help. Summers says he’s not surprised that FEMA has denied the state’s...
Vermont, FEMA Join Forces to Buy Out Flood-Prone Properties
Mar 16 2012 // Vermont and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are joining to put $19.8 million toward buying out properties that are prone to flooding. Gov. Peter Shumlin, U.S. Rep. Peter Welch and other officials traveled to...
Illinois to Recalculate Storm Damage Cost for FEMA
Mar 16 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has given Illinois more time to recalculate the tornado damage to southern parts of the state to bolster its push to reverse the denial of aid, Sen. Dick Durbin said. FEMA...
Illinois Officials Dispute FEMA Denial of Tornado Aid
Mar 14 2012 // Looking at the destruction in his southern Illinois town, Harrisburg Mayor Eric Gregg couldn’t understand why federal officials turned down a plea to financially help local homeowners. Nearly a hundred homes are now...
FEMA Begins Survey of Illinois Tornado Damage
Mar 6 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency on March 5 began surveying the damage from tornadoes and other severe weather that roiled southern Illinois last week, starting in the small town of Harrisburg, where six people were...
FEMA Gives $19M to Help Rebuild Virginia High School
Feb 27 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded $19 million to help rebuild Louisa County High School, which was damaged during the Aug. 23 earthquake. A news release from Gov. Bob McDonnell’s office last...
Last Katrina FEMA Trailer Leaves New Orleans
Feb 17 2012 // The last of the once-ubiquitous FEMA trailers has been removed from New Orleans more than six years after floodwalls and levees broke during Hurricane Katrina and caused the city to fill with floodwaters. The Federal...
FEMA to Waive Katrina Victim Debts
Feb 9 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is implementing a plan to waive debts for thousands of victims of Hurricane Katrina and other disasters. An aide to Sen. Mary Landrieu who has been briefed by FEMA said the agency...
FEMA: Fewer than 500 Temporary Housing Units in Joplin, Missouri
Feb 8 2012 // On February 6, 2012, households residing in Federal Emergency Management Agency mobile homes in Joplin, Mo., dropped below 500, recovery officials said. Mobile home occupancy peaked at 586 on Oct. 3, 2011, as a result of...
New Jersey Residents Say Flood Buyout Programs Fall Short
Jan 30 2012 // State and federal programs offer homeowners in North Jersey’s flood-ravaged areas a buyout. But the combination of red tape and limited funding is keeping many from that promise and a fresh start in a new and drier...
People
Jan 23 2012 // Swantner & Gordon Insurance Agency has added Thomas Peel in the marketing department of the firm’s Houston office. As a marketing representative, Peel will be responsible for analyzing and placing risk with...
Robinson Welcomed as FEMA Region 6 Deputy Administrator
Jan 10 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has named Tony Robinson as the new FEMA Region 6 deputy regional administrator. Region 6 serves five states — Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and...
6 Years Later, Katrina Victims Fight FEMA Debts
Dec 30 2011 // When the Federal Emergency Management Agency mailed out 83,000 debt notices this year to victims of Hurricane Katrina and other 2005 storms, one of the letters showed up in David Bellinger’s mailbox. Bellinger, who...
