Latest FEMA Headlines
All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Percentage of Flood-insured Kansans Low Despite Past Flooding
Mar 24 2008 // Only 1.3 percent of Kansas homes carried flood insurance in 2007, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA is urging Kansans to buy flood insurance during what is the 15th anniversary of the...
FEMA Changes Appeals Process for Rebuilding Projects in La.
Mar 19 2008 // State and federal officials are touting changes to the process for Louisiana communities to appeal decisions by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on funding to rebuild schools, roads, hospitals and other...
Lawyer: New Questions Raised About Toxins in Katrina Trailers
Mar 14 2008 // Federal officials issued trailers to Hurricane Katrina victims even though some workplace safety tests detected high levels of formaldehyde at government staging areas for the structures just weeks after the storm, a...
CDC Official: Reaction to Formaldehyde in Emergency Trailers Too Slow
Mar 6 2008 // The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should have reacted sooner to concerns about hazardous fumes in government-issued trailers housing thousands of Gulf Coast hurricane victims, a CDC official told a...
New Orleans Mayor: No Room at the Inn for Displaced FEMA Trailer Residents
Feb 28 2008 // A plan to move people living in trailers to apartments and hotels because of concerns about formaldehyde fumes will not work and will lead to a “second great displacement” of New Orleans residents, the...
Ala. Gov. Appeals FEMA Decision on Jackson County Storm Damages
Feb 26 2008 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley said he will appeal a decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deny federal disaster assistance to tornado victims in Jackson County. “I’ve discussed this issue with local...
Feds Extend Katrina-Affected Demolition Deadline for New Orleans
Feb 25 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended by six months the deadline under which it would pay for the demolition of hurricane-damaged buildings deemed immediate health and safety threats in the New Orleans...
FEMA Extends Flood Insurance Deadline for Wash., Ore.
Feb 14 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended a claims deadline for people in Washington and Oregon who had flood insurance for December damage. The deadline for returning a detailed proof of loss statement has been...
FEMA Looks at Expanded Use of Trains in Hurricane Evacuations
Feb 13 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency may expand the use of passenger trains to evacuate the sick and elderly in advance of hurricanes across the Gulf Coast, a FEMA official said. Glenn Cannon, a FEMA assistant...
Ill. Officials Accuse FEMA of Miscounting Flooded Homes
Feb 13 2008 // Federal officials were mired in political favoritism and miscounted the number of damaged homes in rejecting two Illinois counties’ applications for disaster relief, local Illinios officials said this week. Leaders...
Ark. Gov. Declares 3 More Counties Disaster Areas
Feb 12 2008 // Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has added Franklin, Marion and Newton Counties to the list of state disaster areas due to the damage caused by powerful tornadoes and violent thunderstorms on Feb. 5, taking the total to 13...
Government Report Urges Changes in Wind, Flood Damage Determinations
Feb 10 2008 // GAO finds fault with coverage exclusions in policies and lack of data available to assist with FEMA assessments Government adjusters trying to assess the accuracy of flood claims payments from the 2005 hurricane season...
GAO Urges Changes in Wind, Flood Damage Determinations
Feb 1 2008 // Government adjusters trying to assess the accuracy of flood claims payments from the 2005 hurricane season were hampered by a lack of access to data on wind damage from the National Flood Insurance Program and private...
U.S. Releases New Disaster Response and Recovery Plan
Jan 23 2008 // The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a comprehensive plan for what the country must do to have a more effective and unified response and recovery in disaster situations. DHS said that the new plan, called...
Federal Assistance Approved for Oregon, Washington Counties
Dec 12 2007 // In storm-ravaged parts of the Northwest, home and business owners are beginning to file insurance claims — a process that could be complicated by whether severe winds or floods did the damage. Insurers say...
Texas to Receive More than $50M for Improvement Projects
Dec 7 2007 // More than $50 million in federal public assistance (PA) funding has been set aside by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay for eligible projects in the state of Texas. More than 3,391 projects have declared...
FEMA: Decreasing Temperatures, Increasing Flood Risks for Western Residents
Nov 28 2007 // Winter brings more than just cold temperatures. It also brings an increased flood risk and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is warning residents of Idaho to prepare now — well ahead of rising waters....
Federal Report Finds Millions in Wasteful Spending on FEMA Trailers
Nov 19 2007 // What will $229,000 cover in the Mississippi real estate market? A five-bedroom, 2,000-square-foot home in the capital city of Jackson, or a 280-square-foot temporary FEMA trailer in the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged zone of...
Hundreds of Californians Wait to Get Word on FEMA Fire Aid
Nov 9 2007 // More than a week after the worst of California’s wildfires subsided, more than 700 households are waiting to learn if they will qualify for federal aid to begin restoring their homes and lives, according to figures...
Miss. Town Moves to Slow Demand for Katrina Cottages
Oct 30 2007 // Members of political boards have their disagreements. But if a majority of Bay St. Louis, Miss., City Council members agree on one thing, it’s their intense dislike for Katrina cottages. Since the small, modular...
