Latest FEMA Headlines
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FEMA Publishes Latest Data on New Jersey’s Sandy Recovery
Jun 7 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency this week released its latest figures regarding Superstorm Sandy disaster assistance and recovery in New Jersey — including the National Flood Insurance Program claims payments...
Sandy-Struck New Yorkers Seek Home Buyouts
May 6 2013 // Joseph Szczesny’s modest Staten Island home in New York was inundated when Superstorm Sandy slammed into the U.S. East Coast in October. Now six months later, the 63-year-old bridge repairman and his fiance are all...
After Irene and Lee in 2011, Some Families Still Displaced in New York
Apr 23 2013 // Amy and Bill Wetsel’s house near the Schoharie Creek is still empty and stripped down to wall studs. More than 19 months after the deluge of Tropical Storm Irene, their family still pays rent on another house and...
FEMA Has Most N.J. Flood Insurance Claims Settled
Apr 22 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has settled 96 percent of post-Sandy National Flood Insurance Program claims in New Jersey. The agency says that as of April 9, there had been 74,825 claims filed and 70,689...
FEMA App for Collecting Damage Info Being Tested in Wisconsin
Apr 17 2013 // Some emergency management directors in Wisconsin are testing a new application from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Outagamie County director Julie Loeffelholz says the process for collecting disaster damage...
FEMA Has Most New Jersey Flood Insurance Claims Settled
Apr 11 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has settled 96 percent of the post-Superstorm Sandy National Flood Insurance Program claims in New Jersey.A photo of flooded homes in the Mantoloking, N.J., region on Nov. 2,...
FEMA Awards More Than $31.2M to Texas for Firefighting Costs
Apr 10 2013 // More than $31.2 million was recently awarded to the state of Texas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for reimbursement of costs to fight wildfires in Bastrop, Cass, Coke, Grimes, Jeff Davis, Kimble, King,...
New Rules Announced for Homeowners Using Sandy Disaster Aid to Rebuild
Apr 8 2013 // Homeowners and businesses using federal disaster aid to rebuild from Superstorm Sandy will have to take additional flood protection measures, top federal officials announced last week. The new standard, announced on April...
FEMA Frustrated by Drop in North Dakota Flood Policies
Apr 1 2013 // North Dakota faces another possible major flood this spring, federal officials are frustrated by the number of people in the state who lack insurance for such a disaster. Along the Red River and its tributaries, in...
N.J. Gov.: FEMA May Scale Back Hazardous Designations in New Flood Maps
Mar 25 2013 // Since shortly after Superstorm Sandy pummeled the Jersey shore last October, homeowners up and down the coast have agonized over whether to raise their homes to survive future storms.N.J. Gov. Christie speaking at a town...
FEMA Giving Minot, North Dakota $2.1M for Floodwall Project
Mar 21 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it is giving the city of Minot about $2.1 million for the first phase of a project to protect the city’s water treatment plant with a floodwall. FEMA says the $2.7 million...
FEMA Buying Out 90 Flood Damaged Vermont Homes, So Far
Mar 18 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to buy out a total of 90 properties across Vermont that were damaged by Tropical Storm Irene and other 2011 flooding. Eight structures were deemed ineligible for the...
FEMA: $2.7B Paid Out in New Jersey Flood Insurance Claims Post-Sandy
Mar 15 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has made $2.7 billion in flood insurance payments to New Jersey claimants since Superstorm Sandy hit the state last October. The agency also announced Tuesday that it has...
Audit Outlines Trouble with Louisiana’s $75M ‘Katrina Cottages’ Program
Mar 6 2013 // Louisiana’s $75 million “Katrina cottages” program took years longer than expected to build homes for hurricane-displaced residents and paid significantly more per house than similar nonprofit programs,...
New FEMA Flood Maps for NYC Include WTC Site
Feb 27 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released new advisory maps for Manhattan that include the World Trade Center site in the zone seen as most at risk for flooding during a powerful coastal storm.The construction...
FEMA Defends Handling of Sandy Flood Claims
Feb 25 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is defending its handling of Superstorm Sandy-related flood insurance claims following sharp criticism by New Jersey’s governor. FEMA says more than half of the more than...
FEMA Data Suggests Some Insurers Handling NFIP Claims Faster Than Others
Feb 17 2013 // Up and down the Atlantic coast, people are telling horror stories about how long it has taken to get an insurance check for flood damage caused by Superstorm Sandy. Nearly 40 percent are still waiting for the final...
FEMA Defends Handling of Sandy Flood Claims
Feb 7 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is defending its handling of Superstorm Sandy-related flood insurance claims following sharp criticism by New Jersey’s governor. FEMA says more than half of the more than...
Native American Tribes Gain Direct Route to Disaster Funds
Jan 31 2013 // The new law providing federal disaster aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy includes a provision that makes it easier for native American tribes to access recovery aid. The provision gives tribal governments the option of...
What FEMA’s Advisory Flood Maps Mean for New Jersey
Jan 14 2013 // Last month, the Federal Emergency Management Agency released advisory flood maps covering 194 municipalities in coastal areas in New Jersey. Here’s a look at what they mean, in question and answer form. Q. What do...
