All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 1 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency should investigate allegations that insurance companies handling Superstorm Sandy flood damage claims are manipulating them to shortchange victims, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.,...
Nov 17 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency should investigate allegations that insurance companies handling Superstorm Sandy flood damage claims are manipulating them to shortchange victims, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez said on...
Nov 17 2014 // The assessed value of properties in New York City that lie within Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) newly proposed 100-year floodplain maps is $129.1 billion, more than double the value under previous...
Oct 29 2014 // The assessed value of properties in New York City that lie within Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) newly proposed 100-year floodplain maps is $129 billion, more than double the value under previous...
Oct 20 2014 // Ken KobylowskiNew Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski said that among the 470,281 non-flood, Superstorm Sandy-related homeowners, automobile and commercial claims that were filed in New...
Oct 8 2014 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski said that among the 470,281 non-flood, Superstorm Sandy-related homeowners, automobile and commercial claims that were filed in New Jersey, 99.4...
Oct 6 2014 // U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) last month sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate, urging him to implement a number of changes to the National Flood Insurance...
Sep 30 2014 // School officials in Louisiana’s Vermilion Parish are moving ahead with plans for a concrete wall and pump system to protect more of the parish’s schools from floodwaters.The Advocate reports the latest project...
Sep 23 2014 // Newly-released preliminary flood maps for Aransas and San Patricio counties in Texas will help residents and business owners to determine their flood risks and make informed decisions, according to the Federal Emergency...
Sep 22 2014 // When Superstorm Sandy hit nearly two years ago, the Federal Emergency Management Agency quickly sent out $1.4 billion to aid the hurricane’s victims. Now, thousands of people might have to pay back their share. FEMA...
Sep 12 2014 // Following up on issues that were raised at the July 30 hearing on post-Sandy flood insurance claims, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) sent a letter on Wednesday, Sept. 10, to Federal Emergency Management Agency’s...
Sep 12 2014 // After Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast nearly two years ago, the federal government quickly sent out $1.4 billion in emergency disaster aid to the hurricane’s victims.Now, thousands of people might have to pay...
Sep 8 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency in late August denied Hawaii’s request for a major disaster declaration after Tropical Storm Iselle.Iselle made landfall over the Big Island’s isolated and rural Puna...
Sep 2 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency late last week denied Hawaii’s request for a major disaster declaration after Tropical Storm Iselle.Iselle made landfall over the Big Island’s isolated and rural Puna...
Aug 27 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has reimbursed $1.4 million to local and state governments, hospitals and some non-profit groups for costs related to January’s chemical spill in Charleston, West Virginia.The...
Aug 25 2014 // A federal audit says Cobb County in Georgia must repay about $558,000 it received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after a severe storm in 2009. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the audit found the...
Aug 25 2014 // Vermont is preparing to implement new rules that encourage communities to take steps to reduce future flood damage in exchange for more money to help them recover from the next big flood.Communities across Vermont have...
Aug 18 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is being praised for moving quickly and ahead of schedule to get $100 million in flood insurance premium refunds into the hands of the one million policyholders who...
Aug 18 2014 // The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has asked an independent watchdog to examine whether the flood insurance program is shortchanging Superstorm Sandy victims. Administrator Craig Fugate testified before a...
Aug 1 2014 // The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has asked an independent watchdog to examine whether the flood-insurance program is shortchanging Superstorm Sandy victims.Administrator Craig Fugate testified before a...