All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 6 2013 // Louisiana’s $75 million “Katrina cottages” program took years longer than expected to build homes for hurricane-displaced residents and paid significantly more per house than similar nonprofit programs,...
Feb 27 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released new advisory maps for Manhattan that include the World Trade Center site in the zone seen as most at risk for flooding during a powerful coastal storm.The construction...
Feb 25 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is defending its handling of Superstorm Sandy-related flood insurance claims following sharp criticism by New Jersey’s governor.FEMA says more than half of the more than...
Feb 17 2013 // Up and down the Atlantic coast, people are telling horror stories about how long it has taken to get an insurance check for flood damage caused by Superstorm Sandy. Nearly 40 percent are still waiting for the final...
Feb 7 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is defending its handling of Superstorm Sandy-related flood insurance claims following sharp criticism by New Jersey’s governor. FEMA says more than half of the more than...
Jan 31 2013 // The new law providing federal disaster aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy includes a provision that makes it easier for native American tribes to access recovery aid.The provision gives tribal governments the option of...
Jan 14 2013 // Last month, the Federal Emergency Management Agency released advisory flood maps covering 194 municipalities in coastal areas in New Jersey. Here’s a look at what they mean, in question and answer form.Q. What do the...
Jan 14 2013 // Officials in Louisiana’s Livingston Parish claim lies, bungling and withholding of information are grounds for reversal of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision to deny $46 million in waterway...
Jan 3 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which administers the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), has notified Congress that without the approval of additional borrowing authority, funds available to pay...
Dec 19 2012 // More than 507,950 individuals have registered for the Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance in wake of Superstorm Sandy, as of Dec. 17. FEMA also said this week that $1.09 billion in disaster aid has been approved...
Dec 17 2012 // As winter approaches, construction crews in New York are in a race against the clock to make thousands of houses damaged by Superstorm Sandy habitable again, and the slow pace of progress has led some people to urge...
Dec 11 2012 // More structures in Terrebonne Parish will get a boost above future storm surges with another wave of federal grants. The Courier reports about $3 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency money will be used to elevate...
Dec 9 2012 // The federal government is poised to expand flood zones and push for increases in building elevations along the New Jersey coast in the wake of flooding from Hurricane Sandy.The Federal Emergency Management Agency was...
Dec 5 2012 // The U.S. disaster fund likely will run out of money by early spring because of costs from Superstorm Sandy, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said on Tuesday.FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund has...
Dec 4 2012 // New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is asking the federal government to reimburse the state for 100 percent of emergency costs for at least 90 days after Superstorm Sandy swept ashore on Oct. 29.Gov. Christie addressing a...
Nov 21 2012 // Almost four years after the Federal Emergency Management Agency released preliminary flood risk maps for Louisiana’s Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes, officials don’t know when the final maps will come out.The...
Nov 16 2012 // Federally-paid contractors will do basic repairs so tens of thousands of New York victims of Superstorm Sandy can stay in, or return to, their damaged homes during major work, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and federal...
Nov 15 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved nearly $116 million in individual aid for Louisiana homeowners and renters who experienced damage from Hurricane Isaac.Nearly 32,000 people have received housing...
Oct 26 2012 // After months of lobbying and pressure from Iowa’s governor, congressional delegation and others, the federal government said the University of Iowa will get nearly $84 million to replace a flood damaged auditorium...
Oct 25 2012 // Federal disaster assistance is available for residents and business owners in 16 West Virginia counties hit by a June windstorm.The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the individual assistance can be used to pay for...