Latest FEMA Headlines
All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sen. Clinton Favors Federal Disaster Backup Fund, ‘Rebuilding’ FEMA
May 23 2007 // Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., campaigning in Florida, said this week the federal government needs to do more to prepare for disasters and that she favors the creation of a national...
Director: FEMA More Prepared than Ever for Hurricane Season
May 18 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is more prepared than ever for the 2007 hurricane season, having at the ready helicopters, generators, disaster medical teams and road clearing crews to react within hours, according...
Many Florida Families Still Struggling as New Hurricane Season Nears
May 18 2007 // Terri Rose was living comfortably with her four children when 2004’s Hurricane Frances ripped a hole in the family’s roof. A few weeks later, Hurricane Jeanne soaked everything. Their home was condemned, then...
FEMA Approves $1 Million for N.H. Households
May 14 2007 // More than $1 million in disaster assistance has been approved so far for New Hampshire residents hit by last month’s flooding. About 1,000 households have applied for help. So far, FEMA has approved about $1.1...
FEMA Assessment Teams to Check S.D. for Storm Damage
May 11 2007 // South Dakota and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will undertake a preliminary damage assessment in a dozen South Dakota counties affected by last weekend’s tornadoes and flooding. Not every home or business...
Fortified building standards: Gulf Coast market salvation?
May 7 2007 // Concrete houses sprouting up in southern Alabama, Mississippi and elsewhere in the Gulf Coast region are more than just fortified structures that will protect their owners from up to 250 mph winds and 36 foot storm surges...
Ark. river levees need $4M in repairs, FEMA says
May 7 2007 // Miles of levees along the St. Francis River in Craighead County, Ark., have been deemed unacceptable by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, meaning homeowners there may need to purchase flood insurance if $4 million...
Ark. River Levees Need $4M in Repairs Under New Guidelines
May 1 2007 // Miles of levees along the St. Francis River in Craighead County, Ark., have been deemed unacceptable by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, meaning homeowners there may need to purchase flood insurance if $4 million...
New Cottages Offer Hope to Mississippi Residents Still in FEMA Trailers
Apr 10 2007 // Renee McDaniel is not unlike many residents on the Mississippi Gulf Coast: Her home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, her family is packed into a government-issue trailer and her insurer paid just enough to replace the...
Bush Declares Disaster for N.M.’s Curry, Quay Counties
Apr 4 2007 // President Bush has declared a major disaster because of tornado damage in New Mexico’s Curry and Quay counties, making residents in the eastern New Mexico region eligible for federal funds. Assistance can include...
FEMA map puts El Paso neighborhoods in flood zone
Feb 26 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing a new map of El Paso designating much of the city as a flood plain, a spokeswoman said, which would push thousands of homeowners with mortgages into buying flood...
FEMA tripling Calif. San Joaquin River Flood Plain
Feb 26 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to triple the size of California’s San Joaquin River flood plain on maps, which could limit development and force more homeowners to buy flood insurance. FEMA plans to...
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Feb 25 2007 // FEMA map puts El Paso neighborhoods in flood zone The Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing a new map of El Paso designating much of the city as a flood plain, a spokeswoman said, which would push thousands of...
FEMA tripling Calif. San Joaquin River Flood Plain
Feb 25 2007 // Parts of the Beachwood-Franklin neighborhood in Merced, Calif., are seen after being flooded from a levee break that occurred on April 4, 2006 . (AP Photo/The Merced Sun-Star, Jack Bland, file photo.) The Federal Emergency...
FEMA Map Would Place El Paso Neighborhoods in Flood Zone
Feb 20 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing a new map of El Paso designating much of the city as a flood plain, a spokeswoman said, which would push thousands of homeowners with mortgages into buying flood...
Levees in 27 states at risk; could trigger flood insurance mandate
Feb 12 2007 // The Army Corps of Engineers reported recently that 122 levees from Rhode Island to California are at risk of failing, potentially affecting thousands of people and requiring millions of dollars in repairs. Six states in...
Flood Insurance: FEMA resources offer better ways to serve clients
Feb 12 2007 // As we are well aware, flooding caused by hurricanes and tropical storms can wreak havoc along the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast from June through November. What many fail to realize, however, is that flood risk is not...
U.S. Wants $309M in Katrina Hurricane Aid Returned
Feb 7 2007 // In the New Orleans neighborhood President George W. Bush visited after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. government gave $84.5 million to more than 10,000 households. But official figures show fewer than 8,000 homes existed...
FEMA Tripling Calif. San Joaquin River Flood Plain
Feb 7 2007 // The federal government will triple the size of California’s San Joaquin River flood plain on maps, which could limit development and force more homeowners to buy flood insurance. The Federal Emergency Management...
D.C. Man Sentenced for FEMA Hurricane Relief Fraud Scheme
Feb 6 2007 // Jeffrey Alan Rothschild, 59, also known as Jeffrey Zahler, has been sentenced to 102 months in prison in connection with a scheme to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of more than $100,000 in relief...
