All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 23 2008 // The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a comprehensive plan for what the country must do to have a more effective and unified response and recovery in disaster situations.DHS said that the new plan, called...
Dec 12 2007 // In storm-ravaged parts of the Northwest, home and business owners are beginning to file insurance claims — a process that could be complicated by whether severe winds or floods did the damage.Insurers say...
Dec 7 2007 // More than $50 million in federal public assistance (PA) funding has been set aside by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay for eligible projects in the state of Texas.More than 3,391 projects have declared...
Nov 28 2007 // Winter brings more than just cold temperatures. It also brings an increased flood risk and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is warning residents of Idaho to prepare now — well ahead of rising waters....
Nov 19 2007 // What will $229,000 cover in the Mississippi real estate market?A five-bedroom, 2,000-square-foot home in the capital city of Jackson, or a 280-square-foot temporary FEMA trailer in the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged zone of the...
Nov 9 2007 // More than a week after the worst of California’s wildfires subsided, more than 700 households are waiting to learn if they will qualify for federal aid to begin restoring their homes and lives, according to figures...
Oct 30 2007 // Members of political boards have their disagreements. But if a majority of Bay St. Louis, Miss., City Council members agree on one thing, it’s their intense dislike for Katrina cottages.Since the small, modular homes...
Oct 24 2007 // Major fires continue to burn in Southern California, in some cases fueling new fires. There are currently 15 fires burning 414,013 acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The large number of separate...
Oct 17 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has expanded eligibility for a program to pay travel costs for Gulf Coast hurricane victims moving back home.The one-time grant, still capped at $4,000, is now open to applicants who...
Oct 16 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is quietly drawing up plans for a handful of disasters: devastating earthquakes beneath San Francisco and St. Louis and catastrophic storms in South Florida and Hawaii, FEMA’s...
Oct 11 2007 // The New Orleans Police Department, headquartered in trailers since Hurricane Katrina destroyed its buildings in August 2005, missed out on $2.6 million in federal rebuilding aid because it lacked adequate flood insurance,...
Sep 28 2007 // Disaster assistance to Texas residents and businesses affected by June 16 – Aug. 3 severe storms, tornadoes and flooding has reached $55,541,143, according to state and federal officials.The aid comes from the U.S....
Sep 27 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $3,320,761 in projects that will reduce the possibility of flood damage in three...
Sep 24 2007 // A preliminary report from the federal government found no evidence to support allegations that private insurers improperly shifted wind damage claims from Hurricane Katrina onto the federal government’s flood...
Sep 24 2007 // El Reno, Okla., Aug. 20, 2007 – Talia Hubbard looks at her flooded home that she had to leave in the middle of the night when flood waters rose rapidly from Tropical Storm Erin. Marvin Nauman/FEMA photoMore than $120...
Sep 24 2007 // Report: Insurers did not shift wind claimsp:”Our sample revealed no evidence that wind damages were improperly attributed to flooding,” the Department of Homeland Security reported after reviewing 98 flood...
Sep 24 2007 // The federal government may be overpaying private insurers for their operating costs associated with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), a recent report said.The government’s payments to insurance companies...
Sep 24 2007 // The federal government may be overpaying private insurers for their operating costs associated with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), a recent report said.The government’s payments to insurance companies...
Sep 24 2007 // Nearly $9 million has been approved by various state and federal agencies to elevate 76 homes in Jefferson Parish, La., according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).The Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA),...
Sep 13 2007 // The federal government may be overpaying private insurers for their operating costs associated with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), a recent report said.The government’s payments to insurance companies...