Latest FEMA Headlines
All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge Says FEMA Can End Motel Payments for Hurricane Maria Evacuees
Aug 30 2018 // A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request to block the U.S. government from cutting off aid to hundreds of Puerto Rican families who fled the hurricane-ravaged island in 2017 and are living in hotels and motels across...
As Hurricane Lane Neared Hawaii FEMA Promises to Do Better
Aug 24 2018 // As a Category 4 hurricane roared toward Hawaii, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it’s learned the lessons of last year’s devastation of Puerto Rico and is vowing a better response. Calling 2017...
FEMA: Alabamians Need Flood Insurance
Aug 20 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is encouraging those in Alabama to purchase flood insurance. Though flooding is Alabama’s second-most common natural hazard, occurring on average every 12 days, FEMA...
FEMA Awards Nearly $7.4M to Mississippi for Storm Safe Rooms in Schools
Aug 10 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved almost $7.4 million for the State of Mississippi to fund the construction of eight stand-alone safe rooms designed to withstand winds up to 200 mph at schools in...
Maine to Get More Than $1M in FEMA Aid for Severe Fall Storm
Aug 2 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has obligated more than $1 million in assistance to Maine stemming from a severe storm and flooding last fall. The agency says the storm impacted 13 of the state’s 16...
FEMA Grows Its Flood Reinsurance Plan with $500 Million Cat Bond
Aug 1 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has secured a reinsurance placement for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that for the first time is directly backed by capital markets investors. FEMA has entered...
Flood Insurance Uptake Rates Rise in Texas Following Harvey
Jul 31 2018 // Little more than two months before Hurricane Harvey slammed the Gulf Coast of Texas, Alberto Castaneda let his home’s flood insurance lapse. He had never filed a claim on the policy in 10 years and he needed the...
Former FEMA Head Wright Now Leading IBHS
Jul 16 2018 // The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) selected Roy E. Wright in April as the next president and chief executive officer of the organization, succeeding Julie Rochman who retired after more than 10...
FEMA Staffing Stretched Thin as Hurricane Season Gets Underway
Jun 14 2018 // As Hurricane Irma bore down on Florida last September, the top U.S. disaster response official ordered all hands on deck. With 4,500 Federal Emergency Management Agency staffers already helping survivors of Hurricane...
FEMA Assessing Tornado Damage in Connecticut
Jun 14 2018 // Federal Emergency Management Agency officials on Monday began assessing damage from a tornado and a macroburst that hit Connecticut during severe storms last month, a process that could lead to federal aid. Officials...
FEMA Looking to Expand Disaster Reinsurance Program
Jun 13 2018 // The federal government, seeking to protect itself from the growing cost of natural disasters, is borrowing a technique from the private sector and buying reinsurance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which started...
Cities Still Owed Funds from Last Hurricane Season as New Season Gets Underway
Jun 1 2018 // Allen Owen, the mayor of Missouri City, Texas, wants to do more to protect his town from the next disaster. But the city hasn’t gotten any of the roughly $1 million in federal disaster funds he said it’s owed...
FEMA Reorganizing, Top Jobs Unfilled as Hurricane Season Gets Underway
May 29 2018 // With the hurricane season beginning, top jobs at the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency remain vacant and critics say that will make it harder for the government to respond to disasters. FEMA lacks a...
Delaware DOI Working With FEMA to Fine-Tune Disaster Response
May 21 2018 // The Delaware Department of Insurance (DOI) has worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as part of a National Level Exercise designed to help FEMA and other federal partners, state and local governments,...
Delaware DOI Working With FEMA to Fine-Tune Disaster Response
May 4 2018 // The Delaware Department of Insurance (DOI) is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during the next two weeks as part of a National Level Exercise designed to help FEMA and other federal partners,...
FEMA Proposes Allowing Owners to Rebuild Homes After Taxpayer Buyouts
Apr 26 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is proposing to allow owners of homes destroyed by storms and bought out by the government to rebuild on the same flood-prone land. Currently, FEMA offers to buy homes that have been...
FEMA Hosts Flood Insurance Roundtable in West Virginia
Apr 25 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region III and the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (WVDHSEM) hosted the first-ever West Virginia Flood Insurance Partners Roundtable in...
FEMA Criticized for Suppliers Not Delivering Hurricane Aid as Promised
Apr 11 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded contracts for hurricane supplies without adequately researching whether winning bidders could deliver what they promised, according to a new investigation by Democrats on a...
FEMA Chief Says Puerto Rico Needs $50 Billion to Rebuild
Apr 9 2018 // The administrator of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday it will take up to an estimated $50 billion to help rebuild Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria and warned that the U.S. territory is not ready for...
Wright Leaving FEMA to Head IBHS, Succeeding Rochman
Apr 5 2018 // The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) announced that Roy E. Wright has been selected as the next president and chief executive officer of the organization, succeeding Julie Rochman who is retiring...
