Latest FEMA Headlines
All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
La. Senator: Make FEMA Turn Over Trailer Info to Law Enforcement
Jan 10 2007 // The government should make FEMA turn over records of residents of its trailers and trailer parks to New Orleans police and other agencies investigating crime in the area, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu said. The proposal is part...
FEMA Offers Aid to Colorado Storm Victims
Jan 10 2007 // The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal aid has been made available to supplement state and local response efforts in Colorado for...
Sales of Federal Flood Insurance Policies Rose 13% in 2006
Jan 8 2007 // Sales of federal flood insurance rose sharply across the country last year after homeowners witnessed the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina and realized that typical insurance policies didn’t cover many...
Deadline is Jan. 2 to Apply for Aid for Oct. Storm Damage in La.
Jan 2 2007 // Louisiana residents whose homes or businesses sustained damage in the Oct. 16, 2006, storm have until Jan. 2, 2006, to apply for Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance. Two major storms dumped more than 20 inches...
FEMA Says Disaster Tax Relief Available for La. Residents
Dec 28 2006 // Louisiana residents who suffered damages from the severe storms and flooding that occurred between Oct. 16 and Nov. 8, 2006, may be eligible for disaster tax relief from the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Emergency...
Miss. art museum relocation awaits FEMA, insurance monies
Dec 25 2006 // Leaders who run Biloxi’s Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art are reluctantly considering abandoning its incomplete and storm-damaged beachfront site designed by acclaimed architect Frank Gehry. They could end up moving...
Relocating Miss. Art Museum Depends on FEMA, Insurance Monies
Dec 13 2006 // The possibility of locating the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art back in downtown Biloxi and abandoning its storm-damaged and incomplete beachfront site designed by Frank Gehry is one of the options museum leaders are...
La. Man Sentenced in FEMA Fraud Case
Nov 21 2006 // A Zachary, La., man has been sentenced on fraud charges related to a hurricane relief program. Terry Watson, 40, was sentenced to two years probation, a $250 fine, $2,000 in restitution and 50 hours of community...
Florida FEMA Trailer Park Residents Face Deadline to Move
Nov 2 2006 // Dozens of people left homeless by Hurricane Charley in 2004 faced a midnight Tuesday deadline to move out of a Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer park. Many have said they still don’t know where they would...
FEMA Approves Recovery Assistance for Big Island Quake Victims
Oct 25 2006 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved relief and recovery assistance to Big Island victims of the recent earthquake in Hawaii, said Gov. Linda Lingle on Oct. 23. The aid may include grants for temporary...
Nearly 10,000 Empty FEMA Trailers in Ark. Freed up for Other Uses
Oct 2 2006 // Nearly 10,000 emergency housing trailers in Hope, Ark., that were intended to be sent to the Gulf Coast to help Hurricane Katrina victims have been freed up for other uses. The Federal Emergency Management Agency parked...
Casinos Help Miss. Economy Recover from Hand Dealt by Katrina
Sep 8 2006 // Cynthia Smith remembers the horror her family endured when Hurricane Katrina’s flood waters rolled into their Gulfport, MIssissippi home and turned her world upside down. Smith and several family members —...
Some Katrina Evacuees Elect to Stay in Mass., R.I.
Aug 29 2006 // On the third floor of a dark brick apartment building in Fall River, Mass., in the one-bedroom unit where she lives by herself, Theresa Reed maintains the trappings of cozy home life: a photo of a granddaughter on...
FEMA Denies Ill. Aid to for Last Month’s Severe Weather
Aug 25 2006 // Illinois’ damage from last month’s severe weather wasn’t enough to get millions of dollars in financial help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the agency has told Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the...
FEMA to Repay Nearly $56M to Texas for Hurricane Costs
Aug 16 2006 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency will reimburse an additional $55.89 million to Houston and the Texas Department of Public Safety for costs associated with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, officials said. Houston will...
WHEN FEMA CHANGES RULES MID-STREAM, WHO SHOULD PAY FOR IT?
Aug 7 2006 // FEMA recently issued new flood maps that require people in many parts of New Orleans to elevate their houses, according to Jeff Albright, chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of...
U.S. Corps finds some Sacramento levees not up to standard
Aug 7 2006 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has withdrawn its endorsement of levees protecting parts of Sacramento, reversing a 1998 evaluation that has facilitated a construction boom in the Natomas area. In a letter released to The...
News Currents
Aug 7 2006 // U.S. Corps finds some Sacramento levees not up The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has withdrawn its endorsement of levees protecting parts of Sacramento, reversing a 1998 evaluation that has facilitated a construction boom...
Conn. Seeks Federal Aid for Damages Caused by June Rains
Aug 3 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell is asking President Bush to approve a disaster declaration for the heavy rains and flash flooding that struck Connecticut in early June. The request is to help compensate municipalities...
FEMA to Begin Assessing Ohio’s Lake County Flood Damage
Aug 1 2006 // Federal officials who plan to assess flood damage in northeast Ohio and residents still needing to clean up will have to work in searing heat. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Monday and Tuesday in...
