Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has opened two business recovery centers that are now providing in-person assistance to businesses applying for federal disaster aid for damages incurred caused by the severe flooding the …
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has submitted a request to President Joe Biden and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for a federal emergency declaration for Fairfield , New Haven, and Litchfield counties in response to the extreme flooding that damaged …
Communities in southwest Florida will continue to enjoy discounts on National Flood Insurance, at least for now, after federal authorities granted a temporary reprieve to punitive actions taken over inappropriate rebuilding in floodplains. “The Village of Estero was notified July …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided more than $4 billion to the Mid-Atlantic region for costs related to protecting the public from COVID-19. The federal funding reimbursed communities for costs associated with emergency protective measures taken in the immediate …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending nearly $1.3 million to the state of Connecticut to reimburse it for the administrative costs of recovering from the tornadoes and storms that struck the state on May 15, 2018. A line …
As Democrats and Republicans in Washington continue to haggle over government debt and spending, federal flood insurance is among the programs facing disruption. Without renewed funding, a government shutdown would begin after the end of the fiscal year tomorrow, Sept. …
Deanne Criswell, the first woman to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in April took over a 20,000-person operation exhausted by managing responses to disasters linked to global warming: wildfires and the 2020 hurricane season, the most active on record. …
Alabama’s beaches have reopened, but the state’s coast has hardly recovered fully from the effects of Hurricane Sally last month. Visitors still have limited options for getting to the sand because so many boardwalks and beach entry points were damaged, …
Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are scheduled to conduct preliminary damage assessments in 54 Tennessee counties affected by flooding caused by a deluge in February. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency says four weather-related deaths have been recorded after heavy rainfall …
