Latest FEMA Headlines
All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
FEMA Approves More Flood Aid for 22 Kentucky Counties
Jun 1 2021 // Kentucky’s request for individual assistance for 22 additional counties hit by severe flooding has been approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Gov. Andy Beshear said Friday. Assistance can include...
Wisconsin County to Get $1.5M in Flood Mitigation Funds from FEMA
May 7 2021 // Jefferson County, Wisconsin, has been has been awarded $1,530,596 in Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The award, announced by FEMA and Wisconsin Emergency Management...
FEMA Knows About Trying to Build Back Better Infrastructure
Mar 29 2021 // Lawmakers in Washington are gearing up for the Biden administration’s first major legislative challenge: a set of measures on long-term economic priorities, including infrastructure and jobs, expected to cost roughly...
FEMA Allocates Additional $22M for Hurricane Laura Recovery in Louisiana
Mar 23 2021 // Nearly $22 million in additional funding is now available from FEMA to assist in recovery from Hurricane Laura in Louisiana. FEMA said that damage from Laura was so severe that it crossed the threshold of FEMA’s...
FEMA: 87% of Federal Flood Claims from Hurricane Laura Closed in Louisiana
Mar 5 2021 // The majority of National Flood Insurance Program claims in Louisiana stemming from Hurricane Laura, which hit the state in August 2020, have been closed. FEMA says the NFIP has closed 87% of the 1,227 claims submitted and...
FEMA Buys More Flood Reinsurance; Decision Near on Insurance Rate Change Plan
Mar 5 2021 // The federal government has bought additional reinsurance to cover losses of the National Flood Insurance Program. On Feb. 23, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which administers the flood insurance program,...
FEMA: Aid Deadline for Residential Losses from Hurricane Zeta — March 15
Feb 12 2021 // Residents in six Louisiana parishes have until mid-March to apply for Hurricane Zeta, the Federal Emergency Management Agency says. The deadline for parishes and other public entities to apply for Zeta aid has passed. The...
FEMA OKs More than $1B for Hurricanes Delta, Laura Recovery in Louisiana
Jan 26 2021 // FEMA has approved more than $1 billion in federal disaster assistance, long-term disaster loans and flood insurance claims since Hurricanes Laura and Delta hit the state in 2020. Laura made landfall in Louisiana in late...
Victoria County, Texas, Flood Maps Ready for Review: FEMA
Jan 22 2021 // FEMA has made available for review revised preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for Victoria County, Texas. The federal agency is urging property owners to review the latest...
FEMA Urges Hurricane Zeta Victims in Louisiana to File for Assistance
Jan 14 2021 // Louisianans who suffered damage from Hurricane Zeta in Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and Terrebonne parishes should register for federal disaster assistance as soon as possible, FEMA says. The...
FEMA: NW Arkansas Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps Ready to View
Jan 13 2021 // FEMA has made available for review Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for certain municipalities and unincorporated areas in northwest Arkansas. The maps cover Elm Springs, Elkins, Farmington, Fayetteville,...
FEMA Buys $1.153 Billion of Reinsurance for Flood Insurance Program for 2021
Jan 6 2021 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has once again procured private sector reinsurance from more than 30 carriers for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to protect the government program from large...
California Wildfire Survivors Urged to Call FEMA Helpline by Dec. 16
Dec 11 2020 // People with losses due to the California wildfires in Fresno, Los Angeles, Madera, Mendocino, Napa, San Bernardino, San Diego, Shasta, Siskiyou and Sonoma counties have just five days left to register for federal...
Deadline for FEMA Help for Louisiana Hurricane Delta Victims Looms
Dec 8 2020 // Renters and homeowners in parishes designated for FEMA assistance afterHurricane Delta have until Dec. 16 to register for help, the federal agency said. Federal assistance includes help for temporary housing, rental...
Dual FEMA Programs Aim to Provide Housing for Louisiana Hurricane Victims
Dec 7 2020 // Louisiana residents affected by Hurricanes Laura and Delta could be eligible for temporary housing under two federally administered programs. Under the Multifamily Lease and Repair Program, the Federal Emergency Management...
Damage Toll from Hurricane Zeta Totals Nearly $90M in Mississippi
Nov 30 2020 // Hurricane Zeta left a trail of destruction and millions in damage in Mississippi when it came ashore Oct. 28, state officials said. The state has documented tens of millions in damage from the storm, which had 100 mph...
FEMA to Louisiana Homeowners: Don’t Pay Company for Blue Roof Tarps
Nov 12 2020 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is letting homeowners know that its Operation Blue Roof is free, and they should let authorities know if any company tries to make them pay. The program installs tarps on damaged...
Tracking Tool Spotlights Repetitive Flood Loss Homes Receiving U.S. Taxpayer Funds
Sep 15 2020 // Passaic County in New Jersey is not in the hurricane belt nor is it on the banks of a major river, and yet 810 properties there received $170 million of taxpayer money through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)...
Hurricane Laura Evacuees Protest Slow FEMA Aid
Sep 14 2020 // About two dozen Hurricane Laura evacuees and their advocates marched through the streets of New Orleans on Thursday to protest what they called the “slow response” from the federal government on getting them...
The Rising Risk of Inland Flooding
Sep 7 2020 // Not Only in FEMA Zones, Not Only During Hurricane Season Major companies across the U.S. are increasingly recognizing the risk for inland flooding and with good reason. As recent hurricanes like Harvey and Florence made...
