FEMA Chief Long to Leave Agency February 13, 2019 By Jennifer Jacobs and Christopher Flavelle Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Brock Long is leaving the agency he led through a record period of natural disasters...
Private Flood Insurers Not Yet Ready to Fill Massive U.S. Protection Gap January 24, 2019 By L.S. Howard The flood insurance protection gap in the United States is massive, but the take-up rate of private flood insurance continues...
How Taxpayers Subsidize Rebuilding Homes After Flooding… Repeatedly November 28, 2018 By Emery P. Dalesio Floodwaters rose about 15 inches (40 centimeters) into Danielle Rees’ home in September when Hurricane Florence drenched this tidewater city...
FEMA Head ‘Ticked Off’ Over Cycle of Inadequate Storm Preparation, Insurance, Evacuations October 15, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long angrily criticized the failure of citizens to heed evacuation warnings and leaders to...
After Florence Floods, Uninsured Awaken to Painful Reality September 19, 2018 By Patrick Rucker Flood insurance was far from Stephanie Walker’s mind in 2015 when she moved her family into a home in Fayetteville...
FEMA: Alabamians Need Flood Insurance August 20, 2018 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is encouraging those in Alabama to purchase flood insurance. Though flooding is Alabama’s second-most...
FEMA Staffing Stretched Thin as Hurricane Season Gets Underway June 14, 2018 By Andy Sullivan As Hurricane Irma bore down on Florida last September, the top U.S. disaster response official ordered all hands on deck....
FEMA Reorganizing, Top Jobs Unfilled as Hurricane Season Gets Underway May 29, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle With the hurricane season beginning, top jobs at the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency remain vacant and critics say that...
Disaster Declaration Approved for North Carolina Tornado May 11, 2018 President Donald Trump has approved a request from North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper for a federal disaster declaration for tornado...
FEMA Hosts Flood Insurance Roundtable in West Virginia April 25, 2018 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region III and the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (WVDHSEM)...