Latest FEMA Headlines
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Santa Ana Winds Continue to Fuel Southern California Wildfires
Oct 24 2007 // Major fires continue to burn in Southern California, in some cases fueling new fires. There are currently 15 fires burning 414,013 acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The large number of separate...
FEMA Expands Program to Help Hurricane Evacuees Move Home
Oct 17 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has expanded eligibility for a program to pay travel costs for Gulf Coast hurricane victims moving back home. The one-time grant, still capped at $4,000, is now open to applicants...
Feds Drawing Up Plans for Major Disasters in 4 Key States
Oct 16 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is quietly drawing up plans for a handful of disasters: devastating earthquakes beneath San Francisco and St. Louis and catastrophic storms in South Florida and Hawaii, FEMA’s...
FEMA: Too Little Flood Insurance Means $2.6M Less for New Orleans
Oct 11 2007 // The New Orleans Police Department, headquartered in trailers since Hurricane Katrina destroyed its buildings in August 2005, missed out on $2.6 million in federal rebuilding aid because it lacked adequate flood insurance,...
Texas Receives More Than $55M in Disaster Aid After Summer Storms
Sep 28 2007 // Disaster assistance to Texas residents and businesses affected by June 16 – Aug. 3 severe storms, tornadoes and flooding has reached $55,541,143, according to state and federal officials. The aid comes from the U.S....
3 Ga. Communities to Receive Federal Grants to Reduce Flood Chances
Sep 27 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $3,320,761 in projects that will reduce the possibility of flood damage in three...
Report: Insurers did not shift wind claims
Sep 24 2007 // A preliminary report from the federal government found no evidence to support allegations that private insurers improperly shifted wind damage claims from Hurricane Katrina onto the federal government’s flood...
$120M in disaster aid approved for storm-battered Okla. in 2007
Sep 24 2007 // El Reno, Okla., Aug. 20, 2007 – Talia Hubbard looks at her flooded home that she had to leave in the middle of the night when flood waters rose rapidly from Tropical Storm Erin. Marvin Nauman/FEMA photo More than...
News Currents
Sep 24 2007 // Report: Insurers did not shift wind claims p:”Our sample revealed no evidence that wind damages were improperly attributed to flooding,” the Department of Homeland Security reported after reviewing 98 flood...
U.S. report: Private insurers overpaid by national flood program
Sep 24 2007 // The federal government may be overpaying private insurers for their operating costs associated with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), a recent report said. The government’s payments to insurance companies...
U.S. report: Private insurers overpaid by national flood program
Sep 24 2007 // The federal government may be overpaying private insurers for their operating costs associated with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), a recent report said. The government’s payments to insurance companies...
Nearly $9 Million Approved for Elevation Projects in Jefferson Parish, La.
Sep 24 2007 // Nearly $9 million has been approved by various state and federal agencies to elevate 76 homes in Jefferson Parish, La., according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA),...
U.S. Report: Private Insurers Overpaid by National Flood Program
Sep 13 2007 // The federal government may be overpaying private insurers for their operating costs associated with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), a recent report said. The government’s payments to insurance companies...
Report: insurers did not shift wind claims
Sep 3 2007 // A preliminary report from the federal government has found no evidence to support allegations that private insurers improperly shifted wind damage claims from Hurricane Katrina onto the federal government’s flood...
News Currents
Sep 3 2007 // Report: insurers did not shift wind claims A preliminary report from the federal government has found no evidence to support allegations that private insurers improperly shifted wind damage claims from Hurricane Katrina...
Federal Funds Issued To Help Pay Ga. Wildfire Costs
Aug 28 2007 // The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency authorized $6.1 million in federal funds to reimburse local and state costs incurred while fighting numerous wildfires in southeast Georgia...
FEMA Cancels Nonprofit, Government Deductible Plan
Aug 27 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has rescinded an insurance policy that could have left nonprofits and public entities responsible for millions of dollars if another major storm hit the New Orleans area. Gil...
FEMA Teams Assess Flooding in Minn.; Guard Presence Dwindles
Aug 24 2007 // Teams from the Federal Emergency Management Agency resumed their assessment of the flood damage in southeastern Minnesota on Thursday, with visits planned for Houston and Steele counties as well as the city of Stockton. In...
Rural Alabama Homeowners Still Waiting for Katrina Housing Aid
Aug 20 2007 // Two years after Hurricane Katrina struck, more than 1,000 storm victims in parts of Alabama’s rural south Mobile County are still waiting for housing funds to get out of trailers or damaged, patched-over...
La. Commissioner: Waive Insurance Change for Government, Nonprofits
Aug 20 2007 // In June, the Federal Emergency Management Agency changed the insurance requirements local governments and nonprofits must meet to be eligible for public aid, potentially leaving nonprofts and governments responsible for...
