All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...