Latest FEMA Headlines
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Deadline for FEMA Help for Louisiana Hurricane Delta Victims Looms
Dec 8 2020 // Renters and homeowners in parishes designated for FEMA assistance afterHurricane Delta have until Dec. 16 to register for help, the federal agency said. Federal assistance includes help for temporary housing, rental...
Dual FEMA Programs Aim to Provide Housing for Louisiana Hurricane Victims
Dec 7 2020 // Louisiana residents affected by Hurricanes Laura and Delta could be eligible for temporary housing under two federally administered programs. Under the Multifamily Lease and Repair Program, the Federal Emergency Management...
Damage Toll from Hurricane Zeta Totals Nearly $90M in Mississippi
Nov 30 2020 // Hurricane Zeta left a trail of destruction and millions in damage in Mississippi when it came ashore Oct. 28, state officials said. The state has documented tens of millions in damage from the storm, which had 100 mph...
FEMA to Louisiana Homeowners: Don’t Pay Company for Blue Roof Tarps
Nov 12 2020 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is letting homeowners know that its Operation Blue Roof is free, and they should let authorities know if any company tries to make them pay. The program installs tarps on damaged...
Tracking Tool Spotlights Repetitive Flood Loss Homes Receiving U.S. Taxpayer Funds
Sep 15 2020 // Passaic County in New Jersey is not in the hurricane belt nor is it on the banks of a major river, and yet 810 properties there received $170 million of taxpayer money through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)...
Hurricane Laura Evacuees Protest Slow FEMA Aid
Sep 14 2020 // About two dozen Hurricane Laura evacuees and their advocates marched through the streets of New Orleans on Thursday to protest what they called the “slow response” from the federal government on getting them...
The Rising Risk of Inland Flooding
Sep 7 2020 // Not Only in FEMA Zones, Not Only During Hurricane Season Major companies across the U.S. are increasingly recognizing the risk for inland flooding and with good reason. As recent hurricanes like Harvey and Florence made...
Study: Indiana City Has Many More Flood-Prone Properties than FEMA Maps Show
Aug 31 2020 // A northern Indiana city that sits along the Wabash River is home to thousands more flood-prone homes and properties than are listed on federal floodplain maps, new research shows. The study by the First Street Foundation,...
FEMA Aid OK’d for Iowa County Hardest Hit by Storm
Aug 24 2020 // President Donald Trump has approved Federal Emergency Management Agency funding for eastern Iowa’s Linn County, which was the county that was hardest hit by last week’s rare hurricane-strength windstorm. Gov....
Urban Flooding Is On The Rise, So What Can Be Done?
Aug 6 2020 // As hurricane season heats up, a growing number of properties located outside of FEMA-designated high-risk flood zones are already flooding. The problem is especially bad in the urban areas of America’s cities. A...
No Aid for South Dakota Residents After Sinkhole Collapse, FEMA Says
Jun 22 2020 // Several South Dakota residents who evacuated from their homes after a sinkhole collapsed, exposing an abandoned mine, in April are not eligible to receive federal aid, according to the Federal Emergency Management...
FEMA Tackles COVID-19 While Also Facing Past Disasters, Spring Flood Season
Mar 23 2020 // It wasn’t until Wednesday, five days after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency, that the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced it was “leading the federal coordination” to the...
FEMA Opens Intake Center in Nashville for Tornado Victims
Mar 12 2020 // As residents continued to dig out from a series of deadly tornadoes that hit Tennessee last week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced it was opening an intake center in Nashville on Tuesday. The center is...
FEMA to Texans with Post-Harvey Group Flood Insurance: Plan for Standard Coverage
Feb 27 2020 // Following Hurricane Harvey in late August 2017, the Federal Emergency Management Agency issued three-year group flood insurance policies (GFIPs) to nearly 7,000 households in Texas that were impacted by the storm. FEMA...
Ex-FEMA Spokeswoman Dennis Tapped as TDCI Assistant Director of Communications
Feb 13 2020 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) has appointed Abbey Dennis as assistant director of Communications & External Affairs. Dennis most recently served as the deputy press secretary to the Federal...
Arkansas’ Benton County to Appeal FEMA Denial of Aid for Tornado Damages
Feb 6 2020 // Benton County plans to appeal the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision to not help pay for the costs to clean up damages from two tornadoes that struck in October, officials said. The county was notified of...
FEMA Grants $131M to Flooded Schools in West Virginia
Feb 3 2020 // Gov. Jim Justice’s office announced on Friday that West Virginia will receive more than $131 million (118 million euros) to replace schools in Nicholas County that were destroyed by flooding in 2016. The money comes...
Judge Presses PG&E on How It Will Protect Wildfire Victims’ Funds Given FEMA Demand
Jan 17 2020 // PG&E Corp. needs to explain how it will keep a promise to pay fire victims $13.5 billion in the face of a demand from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a cut of that money, a bankruptcy judge said...
2019 Floods Brought Financial Woes to South Dakota Townships
Jan 17 2020 // Townships in South Dakota are facing economic difficulties as 2019 flood repair costs mount. Townships primarily depend on their taxpayers for funds to repair more than 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers) of roads while they...
FEMA Administrator: We Want California Wildfire Costs From PG&E, Not Victims
Jan 13 2020 // A regional director for the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday said FEMA is going after California utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric for $3.9 billion owed the government due to wildfires that PG&E was...
