All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 22 2012 // The number of temporary Federal Emergency Management Agency housing units in Ward County, North Dakota that are still occupied has dropped below 1,000. FEMA calls it “an important milestone” as Minot and...
Oct 18 2012 // Most property owners whose homes or other structures were damaged during Hurricane Isaac have approaching deadlines for filing claims for their flood-related losses.Most of these claims are due in the upcoming two weeks as...
Oct 12 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has waived the repayment of nearly $95 million that the agency believes was improperly paid to victims of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and WilmaAccording to a report by the Department of...
Sep 17 2012 // A federal judge has set a trial date in a lawsuit over 2010 flooding at the Kmart in Corinth.The Daily Corinthian reported that the trial is scheduled for Feb. 24 in Aberdeen before U.S. District Glen H. Davidson. In June,...
Sep 10 2012 // Gertrude Baker and her husband bought their cozy home in Owego in 1956. They raised three kids, befriended neighbors and weathered the occasional flood.But after Tropical Storm Lee bought five feet of water to her first...
Sep 4 2012 // One year after wildfires raced through Bastrop and impacted 64 other Texas counties, recovery continues with more than $63 million in disaster assistance provided to date, state and federal emergency management officials...
Aug 27 2012 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s blunt warning a year ago to “get the hell off the beach!” kicked off what became the costliest natural disaster in the state’s history, causing more than $1 billion...
Aug 21 2012 // Some of Minot, N.D.’s temporary flood housing units could end up being donated or sold.North Dakota U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says the Federal Emergency Management Agency is drafting a policy to allow the trailers to be...
Aug 20 2012 // Government officials closed last week on the purchase of the last single-family home in Jackson County, Mississippi, a house that belonged to former Sen. Lent Trott, who now lives in Canada.The sale was part of the...
Aug 16 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is standing by its denial of flood aid for individuals and businesses in northeastern Minnesota.Gov. Mark Dayton’s office says Dayton received word last week from FEMA that the...
Aug 9 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has rejected a request from Gov. John Hickenlooper for expanded aid to uninsured and underinsured property owners who suffered losses in the High Park Fire. Larimer County Manager...
Aug 6 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has declared a major disaster for three northwestern Wisconsin counties due to flood damage in June.Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday that FEMA granted the disaster declaration he...
Aug 3 2012 // Gov. Mark Dayton is raising concerns about the safety and sanitation of northeastern Minnesota homes that were badly damaged by summer flooding and that won’t be covered by federal assistance.Dayton on Wednesday...
Jul 31 2012 // If it were a dam or a levee, it would have been replaced ages ago. Yet the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has stayed afloat despite a regular leaking of funds since its inception in 1968. The much-needed,...
Jul 30 2012 // A southern Kentucky county is still tackling the effects of and cleaning up from two major storms in recent years.Warren County officials said the cleanup from the 2009 ice storm and 2010 flooding could take into 2014....
Jul 24 2012 // Virginia is seeking federal disaster assistance for the estimated $27.5 million spent by the state and local governments to respond to late June wind and thunderstorms that left 15 dead and 1.3 million utility customers...
Jul 23 2012 // A top state official stunned lawmakers last Friday with the announcement that the Federal Emergency Management Agency apparently was backing away from funding assurances to help replace the Vermont State Hospital and...
Jul 23 2012 // If it were a dam or a levee, it would have been replaced ages ago. Yet the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has stayed afloat despite a regular leaking of funds since its inception in 1968. The often-maligned...
Jun 26 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its federal partners said they continue to monitor and work closely with states potentially affected by Tropical Storm Debby, including Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,...
Jun 18 2012 // A federal judge has dismissed the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a defendant involving a lawsuit over 2010 flooding at the Kmart in Corinth, MIssissippi.The Daily Corinthian reported last week that U.S. District...