All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 30 2014 // A U.S. Senate committee today conducted a hearing titled “The Flood Insurance Claims Process in Communities After Sandy: Lessons Learned and Potential Improvements,” where lawmakers had a chance to listen to...
Jul 28 2014 // Insurance agent, insurance carrier and real estate lobbyists praised federal regulators in charge of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) last week on Capitol Hill, agreeing that the process of issuing flood...
Jul 17 2014 // Total federal assistance approved for survivors of the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that occurred from April 28 through May 3, 2014 in 12 Mississippi counties is close to $19.7 million, according to the...
Jul 10 2014 // More than 6.5 million homes along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of storm surge inundation, representing nearly $1.5 trillion in total potential reconstruction costs. More than $986 billion of that risk is...
May 21 2014 // The National Mobile Disaster Hospital has opened in a Mississippi city where the local hospital was heavily damaged by an April 28 tornado.It opened Monday in Louisville, and will be used until Winston Medical Center is...
May 19 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a bulletin on April 28 announcing that it will grant an additional extension to Superstorm Sandy victims for the “proof of loss” filing deadline for their...
May 15 2014 // People living on Porter Avenue in Middlebury, Conn., face a threat that could put their homes underwater — but it’s not coming from nearby Long Swamp Brook.The rising cost of flood insurance is putting a...
Apr 30 2014 // Over 1,000 families in New York and New Jersey displaced by Superstorm Sandy are losing their federal rental assistance.The Federal Emergency Management Agency benefit that helped them obtain temporary housing runs out on...
Apr 29 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a bulletin Monday announcing that it will grant an additional extension to Superstorm Sandy victims for the “proof of loss” filing deadline for their flood...
Apr 22 2014 // Some Rhode Island residents are seeking federal grant money to help pay for elevating their homes to reduce the risk of flooding — and avoid spikes in flood insurance rates.Seven homeowners in Barrington who want to...
Apr 9 2014 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s administration is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to give the state’s residents and businesses who suffered flood damages from Superstorm Sandy an...
Apr 7 2014 // There’s no easy fix for the National Flood Insurance Program, now drowning in a $24 billion sea of red ink.But experts and advocates say Congress has options that could make the troubled program financially stable,...
Apr 2 2014 // Federal Emergency Management Agency teams have come to Montana to begin assessing damage from flooding.Ed Tinsley, of Montana Disaster and Emergency Services, told the Independent Record that the teams will be looking at...
Mar 26 2014 // There’s no easy fix for the National Flood Insurance Program, now drowning in a $24 billion sea of red ink.But experts and advocates say Congress does have some options that could make the troubled program...
Mar 21 2014 // Attorneys say the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s threat to have Livingston Parish’s Hurricane Gustav debris removal monitors investigated for fraud is “gratuitous” and...
Mar 13 2014 // The Senate today went along with the House of Representatives by passing a bill to reverse flood insurance reforms and curb flood insurance premium increases.The Senate approved H.R. 3370, the “Homeowner Flood...
Mar 10 2014 // Some flood insurance premiums required under a 2012 law now won’t be raised until the fall of 2015 at the earliest.The Federal Emergency Management Agency says delays passed by Congress will put off higher premiums...
Mar 4 2014 // The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday evening passed legislation to curb some of the premium increases in the nation’s flood insurance program that have been causing “sticker shock” for property...
Feb 24 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Administration has declared the New Orleans area levee system accredited, clearing the way for the improved storm surge protection to be incorporated into National Flood Insurance Program...
Feb 24 2014 // Since heavy rains brought flooding in September 2013, Colorado survivors have received more than $267 million in federal and state recovery assistance, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.More than $219...