Los Angeles Presses State for Help With $1B Deficit As It Rebuilds From Fires March 26, 2025 Los Angeles is looking to California for financial help as the city faces a nearly $1 billion budget deficit projected...
Maui Wildfire Survivors Will Get An Additional Year of Housing Help From FEMA October 18, 2024 Survivors of last year’s deadly wildfire that decimated a historic Maui town will receive an additional year of housing assistance...
Biden OK’s Major Disaster Declaration for California April 16, 2024 The Federal Emergency Management Agency is making ederal disaster assistance available to California to supplement recovery efforts in the areas...
Lawsuit Says Compensation Delayed for Victims of Worst Wildfire in New Mexico History January 8, 2024 A new lawsuit has been filed against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, alleging compensation has been delayed for victims of...
Study: Federal Payouts Bolstered Flood Policy Uptake, Insured Value December 1, 2023 By Don Jergler The availability of a federal flood payout in a county in a given year increased the number of flood insurance...
FEMA Has Paid Out $5.6M so far to Hawaii Wildfire Survivors August 24, 2023 By Ken Sweet and Mae Anderson The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has approved more than $5.6 million in assistance to nearly 2,000 households in...
New Mexicans Affected by Last Year’s Wildfire Get FEMA Aid April 27, 2023 The Federal Emergency Management Agency Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office, charged with administering nearly $4 billion in emergency financial aid...
FEMA Urges California and Nevada Residents to Heed Flood Warnings March 13, 2023 The Federal Emergency Management Agency is cautioning residents in parts of central California and western Nevada to pay attention to...
New Mexico Seeking Changes to U.S. Rules for Wildfire Claims January 3, 2023 By Susan Montoya Bryan New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is asking that changes be made to rules proposed by the U.S. government as...
Report: More Than 1-in-4 Residents Affected by Climate-Related Extreme Weather in 2021 January 6, 2022 By Don Jergler More than four-in-10 U.S. residents live in a county that was struck by climate-related extreme weather last year, while more...