Latest FEMA Headlines
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Mississippi Remembers Katrina Tragedy, Recovery
Aug 30 2013 // Residents of coastal Mississippi are holding events in remembrance of Hurricane Katrina, the massive storm that struck on Aug. 29, 2005. The observances began Thursday on the Biloxi Town Green on U.S. Highway 90 followed...
Floridians ‘in Denial’ About Storm Dangers: FEMA Chief Fugate
Aug 23 2013 // The emergency management chief for the United States is warning that Floridians are in “denial” about the threat posed by hurricanes. Craig Fugate is the administrator for the Federal Emergency Management...
Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force Addresses Insurance Challenges
Aug 20 2013 // The Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, led by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, issued a report Monday that provides recommendations for mitigating harm from future storms. Recommendations include...
Stilt Houses in Greenwich, Conn., Foreshadow Impact of New Flood Maps
Aug 19 2013 // In the coastal areas of Greenwich, Connecticut, the latest housing craze requires hydraulic jacks, pylons and stilts. One home towers over its neighbors like a cruise ship. Others look like expensive tree...
Joplin, Missouri to Receive 32 FEMA Storm Shelters
Aug 8 2013 // The city of Joplin, Mo., is being given 32 storm shelters that were used at temporary housing sites after the 2011 tornado. The Federal Emergency Management Agency gave the shelters to the state, which offered them to...
Mississippi County to Get $10M From FEMA for Isaac Recovery Effort
Aug 6 2013 // Jackson County in Mississippi is getting a multimillion-dollar boost from the federal government to help erase the effects of Hurricane Isaac last year. The Sun Herald reports that the county will receive $10 million from...
FEMA Approves Aid For Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast
Aug 5 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency reversed its previous decision and approved additional funding to help rebuild the small Texas town where an April fertilizer plant explosion leveled homes, damaged buildings and...
FEMA Publishes Latest Data on N.J.’s Sandy Recovery
Aug 5 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently published its latest figures on federal assistance for New Jersey’s post-Superstorm Sandy recovery effort. FEMA said the total federal assistance so far for New...
FEMA: $3.7B in NFIP Payments Made to N.Y. Claimants Post-Sandy
Jul 31 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced this week that so far, nearly $3.7 billion in National Flood Insurance Program payments have been made to New York State policyholders following Superstorm Sandy. That is...
FEMA Publishes Latest Data on Federal Assistance for N.J.’s Sandy Recovery
Jul 25 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency this week published its latest figures on federal assistance for New Jersey’s post-Sandy recovery effort.A Nov. 19, 2012, file photo of a cabana complex on the beach pulled off...
Colorado Senators Push FEMA for Details On Wildfire Mitigation
Jul 24 2013 // Two senators are pushing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to detail its efforts to mitigate wildfires. Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet and Idaho Republican Mike Crapo (KRAY’-poh) also want FEMA to identify...
Coastal Lawmakers Seek Delays in Flood Insurance Changes
Jul 22 2013 // Just a year after Congress approved changes in the oft-criticized federal flood insurance program, protests from homeowners facing higher premiums have coastal lawmakers pressing for delays to preserve below-cost rates for...
FEMA Asked to Review Flood Insurance Rules
Jul 22 2013 // U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to consider reversing denials of Superstorm Sandy flood claims based on the “earth movement” exclusion. Gillibrand said...
New York Provides $16M to Some Flooded Upstate Counties
Jul 18 2013 // The state will provide $16 million to homeowners, business operators and farmers in five of the 12 upstate counties that were declared disaster areas after recent severe flooding but denied federal aid, Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
What’s Really Going on with Flood Rates? FEMA Provides Some Clarity
Jul 17 2013 // In recent months, a group of lawmakers from the Gulf Coast — led by Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. — in concert with some of their colleagues from Sandy-hit New York and New Jersey have been doing their darnedest to...
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner to Storm Survivors: Register With FEMA
Jul 10 2013 // Survivors of the tornadoes, severe storms and flooding that occurred in Oklahoma from May 18 to June 2 have less than two weeks to register for state and federal disaster assistance. The deadline is July 19. “Even if...
South Indiana City Awaits FEMA Ruling on Floodplain Maps
Jul 9 2013 // A southern Indiana city is awaiting a federal agency’s decision on revised floodplain maps that could save more than 400 homeowners thousands of dollars each year in insurance costs. The Federal Emergency Management...
Coastal Lawmakers Seek Delays in Flood Insurance Changes, Rate Hikes
Jul 8 2013 // Just a year after Congress imposed significant changes in the government’s oft-criticized flood insurance program, howls of protest from homeowners facing higher premiums have coastal lawmakers pressing for delays...
N.Y. Senator Gillibrand to FEMA: Review Flood Insurance Rules
Jul 1 2013 // U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to review rules that resulted in insurance coverage denials for some Superstorm Sandy victims. Gillibrand’s letter last week...
FEMA Boosts Aid to New Jersey Towns Hit by Sandy
Jun 27 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has OK’d a plan to boost aid to New Jersey towns hit hard by Superstorm Sandy. U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, who represents Monmouth and Ocean Counties, says FEMA will reimburse...
