Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) flood assessments News

FEMA COVID-19 Reimbursement Surpasses $4 Billion in Mid-Atlantic States

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 …

FEMA to Send Connecticut $1.3M for May Storm Recovery

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 …

Flood Insurance Program Expires Tomorrow Unless Congress Acts

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. …

Q&A: New Director Criswell Prepares FEMA for a Hot, Chaotic Future

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 Coast Struggles to Recover from Hurricane Sally

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, …

FEMA to Review Flood Damage in 54 Tennessee Counties

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 …