Pennsylvania Helps Buffalo Clear Snow; State Acts on Insurance, Banks, Flood Risk December 29, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Like a good neighbor, the state of Pennsylvania is sending equipment and personnel to help neighboring Buffalo, New York, dig...
Death Count Rises as Buffalo Digs Out From ‘Worst Storm’ in Lifetime December 28, 2022 By Carolyn Thompson BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo residents hovered around space heaters, hunted for cars buried in snow drifts and looked for...
Maryland’s Smith Island Commits to Rebuilding Community, Rejecting Buyouts November 30, 2022 By KRISTIAN JAIME, The Daily Times SMITH ISLAND, Md. (AP) — For the people of Smith Island, weather guides a way of life as much as...
FEMA Fund of Recovery Firms Debuts as Disasters Grow More Damaging, Costly June 2, 2022 By Elaine Chen A new fund is betting on companies that help with recovery from natural disasters as climate change raises the risk...
Q&A: New Director Criswell Prepares FEMA for a Hot, Chaotic Future September 24, 2021 By Leslie Kaufman Deanne Criswell, the first woman to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in April took over a 20,000-person operation exhausted...
Nebraska to Offer Additional Payments for 2019 Flood Recovery June 21, 2021 Nebraska will pay out public assistance beyond what it normally offers to local governments hit by the 2019 floods, a...
FEMA Knows About Trying to Build Back Better Infrastructure March 29, 2021 By Leslie Kaufman Lawmakers in Washington are gearing up for the Biden administration’s first major legislative challenge: a set of measures on long-term...
How to Manage Two Disasters at Same Time May 7, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman On March 5, Tennessee governor Bill Lee announced the state’s first confirmed case of Covid-19. Three weeks later on Easter...
Another $180M Approved for North Carolina Disaster Aid, Prep November 18, 2019 Another $180 million in state funds are going to help with disaster recovery following hurricanes Matthew, Florence and Dorian and...
Southern California Begins Assessing Damage From Largest Earthquake in 20 Years July 7, 2019 By John Antczak, Daisy Nguyen and Marcio Jose Sanchez RIDGECREST, Calif. — Crews in Southern California assessed damage to cracked and burned buildings, broken roads, leaking water and gas...