All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 27 2007 // A preliminary assessment of storm damage to public structures in Montana’s Valley and Musselshell counties and on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation came to about $226,600, which is not enough to qualify for federal...
Jun 14 2007 // Since the National Flood Insurance Program does not collect data on both wind and flood damage claims from its insurers, it’s not possible to know if its billions of dollars in payments on hurricane-damaged...
Jun 4 2007 // With Katrina memories still fresh, Alabama Gulf Coast residents have begun stockpiling ice, water, food and other supplies just in case this hurricane season turns ugly.FEMA also will have disaster relief supplies stored...
Jun 4 2007 // Officials in the Delta have accused the government of trying to scare local residents into buying flood insurance by suggesting the Mississippi River levees could be breached as were those around New Orleans during...
Jun 4 2007 // Officials in the Delta have accused the government of trying to scare local residents into buying flood insurance by suggesting the Mississippi River levees could be breached as were those around New Orleans during...
May 29 2007 // Officials in the Delta have accused the government of trying to scare local residents into buying flood insurance by suggesting the Mississippi River levees could be breached as were those around New Orleans during...
May 29 2007 // Nine more Kansas counties have been declared eligible for federal assistance to repair public facilities damaged by this month’s violent weather. The declaration by the Federal Emergency Management Agency applies to...
May 23 2007 // Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., campaigning in Florida, said this week the federal government needs to do more to prepare for disasters and that she favors the creation of a national...
May 18 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is more prepared than ever for the 2007 hurricane season, having at the ready helicopters, generators, disaster medical teams and road clearing crews to react within hours, according...
May 18 2007 // Terri Rose was living comfortably with her four children when 2004’s Hurricane Frances ripped a hole in the family’s roof. A few weeks later, Hurricane Jeanne soaked everything. Their home was condemned, then...
May 14 2007 // More than $1 million in disaster assistance has been approved so far for New Hampshire residents hit by last month’s flooding. About 1,000 households have applied for help. So far, FEMA has approved about $1.1...
May 11 2007 // South Dakota and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will undertake a preliminary damage assessment in a dozen South Dakota counties affected by last weekend’s tornadoes and flooding.Not every home or business...
May 7 2007 // Concrete houses sprouting up in southern Alabama, Mississippi and elsewhere in the Gulf Coast region are more than just fortified structures that will protect their owners from up to 250 mph winds and 36 foot storm surges...
May 7 2007 // Miles of levees along the St. Francis River in Craighead County, Ark., have been deemed unacceptable by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, meaning homeowners there may need to purchase flood insurance if $4 million...
May 1 2007 // Miles of levees along the St. Francis River in Craighead County, Ark., have been deemed unacceptable by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, meaning homeowners there may need to purchase flood insurance if $4 million...
Apr 10 2007 // Renee McDaniel is not unlike many residents on the Mississippi Gulf Coast: Her home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, her family is packed into a government-issue trailer and her insurer paid just enough to replace the...
Apr 4 2007 // President Bush has declared a major disaster because of tornado damage in New Mexico’s Curry and Quay counties, making residents in the eastern New Mexico region eligible for federal funds.Assistance can include...
Feb 26 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing a new map of El Paso designating much of the city as a flood plain, a spokeswoman said, which would push thousands of homeowners with mortgages into buying flood...
Feb 26 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to triple the size of California’s San Joaquin River flood plain on maps, which could limit development and force more homeowners to buy flood insurance.FEMA plans to...
Feb 25 2007 // FEMA map puts El Paso neighborhoods in flood zoneThe Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing a new map of El Paso designating much of the city as a flood plain, a spokeswoman said, which would push thousands of...