All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 2 2009 // In some parts of rural Kentucky, they’re getting water the old-fashioned way — with pails from a creek. There’s not room for one more sleeping bag on the shelter floor. The creative are flushing their...
Jan 26 2009 // Nearly four years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, researchers called on the federal government to upgrade its flood maps, arguing that the effort could save lives as well as stem losses to properties and...
Jan 12 2009 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced it would allow mobile homes for hurricane victims in areas that new maps indicate are at risk of future flooding in Cameron Parish. But the occupants must be out of the...
Jan 6 2009 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded a total of more than $240,000 to two South Dakota fire departments.The McIntosh Volunteer Fire Department gets most of the money, over $180,000 for vehicle acquisition....
Dec 29 2008 // FEMA has announced it will give more than $10 million for flood-recovery projects in eastern Iowa. Projects in Lake Delhi, Iowa City, Anamosa, Bluffton and Cedar Falls will split the FEMA dollars. Among those receiving...
Dec 19 2008 // Despite receiving millions in insurance, government help and donations, Chapman school officials say they will need a bond issue to repair school buildings damaged by a June 11 tornado.The tornado destroyed or damaged the...
Dec 15 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is giving Texas victims of Hurricane Ike an extra 29 days to ask for financial help.FEMA extended the application deadline for homeowners, renters and business owners to Jan. 10....
Dec 10 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the last of its group mobile home sites placed on the Mississippi Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina will soon close. Recently, two of the three remaining FEMA-built group sites...
Dec 9 2008 // Premiums charged by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) are inadequate to cover the risk and the program should re-examine its methods for setting rates, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office...
Dec 5 2008 // The future of the state’s oldest medical school – hard hit by Hurricane Ike – and whether Texas should fund recovery programs to complement federal assistance were two of the highlights of a legislative...
Nov 21 2008 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry has established the Governor’s Commission for Disaster Recovery and Renewal, an advisory panel of public and private sector experts who will create a plan to assist Texas communities with...
Nov 11 2008 // Plans to change the flood zone maps in Springfield, Mo. have several residents upset that they will have to buy flood insurance for property that they say has never flooded.More than 100 homeowners attended a meeting on...
Nov 10 2008 // The Louisiana Recovery Authority says even people who have insurance should register with FEMA if they were affected by hurricanes Gustav or Ike – and they need to do it soon.The deadline is Dec. 3 for people...
Nov 4 2008 // Federal Emergency Management Agency officials in Iowa say flood victims concerned about the safety of their manufactured homes may relocate to hotels as contractors retest air quality.Once the formaldehyde levels are in,...
Nov 2 2008 // Texas lawmakers have praised the state’s response to Hurricane Ike but are not quite so complimentary of the performance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the aftermath of the storm that made landfall in...
Oct 28 2008 // Lawmakers in Texas praised the state’s response to Hurricane Ike but some blasted the efforts of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at a recent meeting of the state Senate’s Transportation and...
Oct 24 2008 // Texas state officials are working to locate housing for 400 Hurricane Ike victims living in a Red Cross shelter scheduled to close Oct. 26, according to a newspaper report.Meanwhile, 2,000 people, primarily in Galveston...
Oct 23 2008 // A local television station has found high levels of formaldehyde in trailers issued to flood victims by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).The agency responded Tuesday by questioning the survey’s...
Oct 14 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended its deadline for providing temporary housing for evacuees of Hurricane Ike in Louisiana.Gov. Bobby Jindal says FEMA will now provide temporary housing until Oct. 28. The...
Sep 15 2008 // Midwest residents felt the wrath of Hurricane Ike this weekend as rains made their way up the corridor of the country pelting Illinois and Indiana spurring the Illinois governor to call for a state of emergency for Cook...