Latest FEMA Headlines
All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Twice-Wounded Sandy Victims Seek Payout as FEMA Presses Insurers
Feb 25 2015 // Some homeowners hit by Hurricane Sandy say they’ve been victimized twice: first by the storm and later by insurers. John Clancy says his insurer, an Allstate Corp. unit, paid just $46,000 of the more than $200,000 in...
Waffle House Has Disaster Response On Its Menu
Feb 23 2015 // When a big storm or tornado devastates a community, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) usually steps in to help state and local officials. But in recent years, FEMA has been getting some help of its own from an...
FEMA Shows Some Progress Implementing Flood Insurance Changes: GAO
Feb 20 2015 // The agency responsible for managing the federal flood insurance program has made progress in carrying out key changes mandated by Congress in two recent laws but lacks resources and data to completely implement others, a...
FEMA in Talks to Settle Sandy Flood Insurance Claims
Feb 19 2015 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is working to settle lawsuits by hundreds of Hurricane Sandy victims who challenged denials or alleged underpayments of flood insurance claims. Brad Kieserman, deputy associate...
FEMA Agrees to Fargo, North Dakota, Flood Insurance Basement Exemption
Jan 25 2015 // Fargo, N.D’s acting mayor says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has moved to continue to allow homeowners to have basements in the city’s new floodplain. FEMA is responsible for the National Home...
Politicians Vow to Block FEMA From Taking Mistaken Sandy Aid
Jan 20 2015 // About 3,000 Superstorm Sandy victims who were either wrongly given storm recovery aid or who were overpaid would not have to repay the federal government under legislation to be introduced this week by two New Jersey...
FEMA Found to Have Overpaid Florida Residents by $177M
Jan 7 2015 // The federal agency that provides grants to states following a major catastrophe is under fire for providing Florida residents an estimated $177 million in funds that should have been covered by private insurers. A recent...
Mississippi Hoping for FEMA Aid for Tornado Victims
Jan 1 2015 // Earlier this week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Small Business Administration joined Mississippi and local officials on a tour of the Columbia area, as well as Jones and Lamar counties that were hit by...
Insurers Dogged by Claims of Slanted Sandy Reports
Dec 28 2014 // When Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast, flood insurance companies working for the Federal Emergency Management Agency dispatched an army of structural engineers to do some detective work. Their assignment: Find out how...
Report Questions U.S. Readiness, Coordination to Handle Major Disaster
Dec 24 2014 // The U.S. government isn’t fully prepared to handle a nuclear terrorist attack or a large-scale natural catastrophe, lacks effective coordination, and in some cases is years away from ensuring adequate emergency...
FEMA Sets Up Interim Flood Insurance Advocate
Dec 22 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has launched the interim office of the Flood Insurance Advocate. The interim office will be led by Acting Flood Insurance Advocate David Stearrett beginning Dec. 22. Stearrett...
Lawmakers: Sandy Flood Insurance Concerns Will Be Addressed
Dec 15 2014 // Federal emergency officials are taking new steps to address concerns from homeowners still struggling to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy more than two years ago, New Jersey and New York lawmakers announced on Dec. 5. U.S....
FEMA Provides $3.9M Funds for Tornado Debris Removal in Mississippi
Dec 11 2014 // The city of Louisville and Winston County in Mississippi are being given $3.9 million in federal funds to assist with removal of debris from an April tornado. The money has been approved by the Federal Emergency Management...
Travelers Unit Sued Over Allegedly Manipulated Sandy Report
Dec 7 2014 // A Travelers Cos. unit was sued by two New York homeowners who accused it of using a doctored engineering report to reject much of their claim for flood damage from Hurricane Sandy, making it the third insurer to face such...
Lawmakers: Sandy Flood Insurance Concerns Will Be Addressed
Dec 6 2014 // Federal emergency officials are taking new steps to address concerns from homeowners still struggling to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy more than two years ago, New Jersey and New York lawmakers announced on Friday, Dec....
Hartford Unit Faces Racketeering Suit on Sandy Claims
Dec 4 2014 // A couple claiming damage from Hurricane Sandy filed court papers accusing a Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. unit, an engineering firm and a law firm for the insurer of engaging in racketeering by scheming to use...
N.J. Sen. Menendez Presses for Sandy Flood Insurance Probe
Dec 1 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency should investigate allegations that insurance companies handling Superstorm Sandy flood damage claims are manipulating them to shortchange victims, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.,...
New Jersey Sen. Menendez Presses for Sandy Flood Insurance Probe
Nov 17 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency should investigate allegations that insurance companies handling Superstorm Sandy flood damage claims are manipulating them to shortchange victims, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez said on...
NYC Flood Zone Properties Worth $129B Under New FEMA Maps
Nov 17 2014 // The assessed value of properties in New York City that lie within Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) newly proposed 100-year floodplain maps is $129.1 billion, more than double the value under previous...
NYC Flood Zone Properties’ Value Rose to $129B Under New FEMA Maps
Oct 29 2014 // The assessed value of properties in New York City that lie within Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) newly proposed 100-year floodplain maps is $129 billion, more than double the value under previous...
