Latest FEMA Headlines
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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...
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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Aug 27 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has rescinded an insurance policy that could have left nonprofits and public entities responsible for millions of dollars if another major storm hit the New Orleans area.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...
Interim Report: No Proof Insurers Labeled Katrina Wind Claims as Flood
Aug 16 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...
FEMA: La. Sees Drop in New Flood Policies
Jul 31 2007 // A large number of people who bought flood insurance after the devastating 2005 hurricane season have not renewed their policies, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency figures. About 100,000 new flood insurance...
After Formaldehyde Complaints, FEMA to Test Air Quality in Trailers
Jul 23 2007 // Federal agencies will test air quality in trailers housing Gulf Coast hurricane victims, an official said July 20, a day after documents revealed that government lawyers discouraged investigating reports of high...
South Texas counties at odds with FEMA over maps
Jul 23 2007 // Hidalgo County, Texas, officials are moving to block the release of an updated Rio Grande flood plain map that would force property owners to buy flood insurance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to release...
FEMA Adds Kan. Counties to May, July Disaster Lists
Jul 20 2007 // Fourteen more Kansas counties are eligible for individual federal assistance to help recover from severe storms and flooding in the last few months. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says McPherson, Smith and...
Nearly 18K in La. Interested in Buying FEMA Trailers, Mobile Homes
Jul 17 2007 // Nearly 18,000 occupants of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) travel trailers and mobile homes in Louisiana have shown interested in purchasing their units, the agency has reported. In an effort to help displaced...
FEMA Officials Plan to Survey Flood Damage in Okla.
Jul 12 2007 // Federal officials plan to survey damage and talk to residents this week in flood-ravaged neighborhoods in Bartlesville and Dewey, Okla., where more than 3,000 people were displaced when the Caney River flooded its banks...
South Texas Counties at Odds with FEMA Over Flood Maps
Jul 6 2007 // Hidalgo County, Texas, officials are moving to block the release of an updated Rio Grande flood plain map that would force property owners to buy flood insurance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to release...
Chertoff, Governors Appeal for Coast Residents to get Storm Ready
Jul 2 2007 // Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff joined governors from Mississippi and Alabama in appealing for Gulf Coast residents to get prepared for the height of hurricane season. Some 400 delegates to the three-day...
Balancing risk and reward
Jul 2 2007 // In the nearly two years since Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans levee failures brought widespread criticism of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA has been dedicated to building a stronger, more nimble and...
Balancing risk and reward
Jul 2 2007 // In the nearly two years since Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans levee failures brought widespread criticism of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA has been dedicated to building a stronger, more nimble and...
Balancing risk and reward
Jul 2 2007 // In the nearly two years since Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans levee failures brought widespread criticism of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA has been dedicated to building a stronger, more nimble and...
FEMA Gets 16,000 Aid Requests from N.J. for April Storm Damage
Jun 28 2007 // Federal Emergency Management Agency officials received grant applications from nearly 16,000 New Jerseyans whose homes were flooded in April. Monday. June 25, was the deadline to apply. FEMA approved nearly $17 million in...
