Latest FEMA Headlines
All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Montana Storms Unlikely To Receive FEMA Aid
Jun 27 2007 // A preliminary assessment of storm damage to public structures in Montana’s Valley and Musselshell counties and on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation came to about $226,600, which is not enough to qualify for federal...
Flood Insurance Program Doesn’t Know If Payments Covered Wind Damage
Jun 14 2007 // Since the National Flood Insurance Program does not collect data on both wind and flood damage claims from its insurers, it’s not possible to know if its billions of dollars in payments on hurricane-damaged...
Alabama in Hurricane Readiness Mode
Jun 4 2007 // With Katrina memories still fresh, Alabama Gulf Coast residents have begun stockpiling ice, water, food and other supplies just in case this hurricane season turns ugly. FEMA also will have disaster relief supplies stored...
Delta officials fear effects of levee warning
Jun 4 2007 // Officials in the Delta have accused the government of trying to scare local residents into buying flood insurance by suggesting the Mississippi River levees could be breached as were those around New Orleans during...
Delta officials fear effects of levee warning
Jun 4 2007 // Officials in the Delta have accused the government of trying to scare local residents into buying flood insurance by suggesting the Mississippi River levees could be breached as were those around New Orleans during...
Miss. Delta Officials Decry FEMA Flood Warning as ‘Alarming’
May 29 2007 // Officials in the Delta have accused the government of trying to scare local residents into buying flood insurance by suggesting the Mississippi River levees could be breached as were those around New Orleans during...
FEMA Adds 9 Kansas Counties to May Disaster List
May 29 2007 // Nine more Kansas counties have been declared eligible for federal assistance to repair public facilities damaged by this month’s violent weather. The declaration by the Federal Emergency Management Agency applies to...
Sen. Clinton Favors Federal Disaster Backup Fund, ‘Rebuilding’ FEMA
May 23 2007 // Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., campaigning in Florida, said this week the federal government needs to do more to prepare for disasters and that she favors the creation of a national...
Director: FEMA More Prepared than Ever for Hurricane Season
May 18 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is more prepared than ever for the 2007 hurricane season, having at the ready helicopters, generators, disaster medical teams and road clearing crews to react within hours, according...
Many Florida Families Still Struggling as New Hurricane Season Nears
May 18 2007 // Terri Rose was living comfortably with her four children when 2004’s Hurricane Frances ripped a hole in the family’s roof. A few weeks later, Hurricane Jeanne soaked everything. Their home was condemned, then...
FEMA Approves $1 Million for N.H. Households
May 14 2007 // More than $1 million in disaster assistance has been approved so far for New Hampshire residents hit by last month’s flooding. About 1,000 households have applied for help. So far, FEMA has approved about $1.1...
FEMA Assessment Teams to Check S.D. for Storm Damage
May 11 2007 // South Dakota and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will undertake a preliminary damage assessment in a dozen South Dakota counties affected by last weekend’s tornadoes and flooding. Not every home or business...
Fortified building standards: Gulf Coast market salvation?
May 7 2007 // Concrete houses sprouting up in southern Alabama, Mississippi and elsewhere in the Gulf Coast region are more than just fortified structures that will protect their owners from up to 250 mph winds and 36 foot storm surges...
Ark. river levees need $4M in repairs, FEMA says
May 7 2007 // Miles of levees along the St. Francis River in Craighead County, Ark., have been deemed unacceptable by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, meaning homeowners there may need to purchase flood insurance if $4 million...
Ark. River Levees Need $4M in Repairs Under New Guidelines
May 1 2007 // Miles of levees along the St. Francis River in Craighead County, Ark., have been deemed unacceptable by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, meaning homeowners there may need to purchase flood insurance if $4 million...
