All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 19 2005 // While Hurricane Katrina spent only a couple of days menacing the Gulf Coast, the trail of destruction in both lives and properties lingers on months later. As places like New Orleans, Mississippi and other surrounding...
Dec 19 2005 // Arrests of nine Broward County residents indicted for defrauding the Federal Emergency Assistance Agency to obtain disaster relief after last year’s Hurricane Frances have been announced jointly by R. Alexander...
Dec 19 2005 // United States Attorney Chuck Rosenberg announced the filing of criminal charges against Clifford Neville, 53, of Houston, Texas, for reportedly filing false claims for emergency disaster funds with the Federal Emergency...
Dec 6 2005 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued a plea urging all Florida residents that own property designated by the National Flood Insurance Program as being in a high-risk flood area they need to obtain flood...
Nov 30 2005 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced it will hold a teleconference on Wed., Nov. 30, 11:30 a.m. to discuss the progress of moving evacuees in Texas toward independence.FEMA had launched a massive...
Nov 24 2005 // Evacuees from hurricanes Katrina and Rita living in Texas now have another way to help themselves move toward recovery through the Housing, Employment, Location, and Placement (HELP) Program, which is available from the...
Nov 24 2005 // Numerous federal agencies have dispatched teams of special agents to investigate fraudulent claims from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency...
Nov 22 2005 // Trying to shed its Scrooge image, FEMA announced on Tuesday that it would extend an originally announced December deadline until Jan. 7 for Hurricane Katrina and Rita victims to leave hotels in 10 states they are presently...
Nov 16 2005 // The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is moving to end its subsidies for hotel and motel rooms for 53,000 families displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.On Dec. 1, 2005...
Oct 19 2005 // A government report has found that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which administers the national flood insurance program, has not fully implemented reforms mandated by Congress in 2004, including improved...
Oct 11 2005 // Nine Broward County residents have been charged in Fort Lauderdale with defrauding the Federal Emergency Assistance Agency by obtaining disaster relief after Hurricane Frances made landfall last year almost 100 miles away....
Oct 3 2005 // A new federal policy outlined a week before Hurricane Katrina struck could force residents in hundreds of communities nationwide to buy flood insurance and halt construction in some low-lying areas, including parts of...
Sep 21 2005 // Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish centralized locations in Louisiana to aid the recovery effort and serve as coordinating centers for the...
Sep 20 2005 // A new federal policy outlined a week before Hurricane Katrina struck could force residents in hundreds of communities nationwide to buy flood insurance and halt construction in some low-lying areas, including parts of...
Sep 19 2005 // South Floridians whose homes were destroyed or heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina have to look elsewhere for someone to pay their lodging and repair expenses as the Federal Emergency Management Agency has refused their...
Sep 19 2005 // James Lee Witt, the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, today announced the formation of a state coalition to better prepare and protect New Yorkers from the consequences of a catastrophic storm,...
Sep 9 2005 // With much discussion over just how quickly and effectively the federal government responded to Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts, Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown may be the fall guy.Brown was...
Sep 5 2005 // FLORIDAReport Shows Car Theft Decreased in Most of Southeast Across the Southeast in major metropolitan areas auto theft decreas-ed dramatically in 2004, accompan-ied by a slight drop in auto theft nationally, according to...
Sep 1 2005 // Michael Brown, under secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response and head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced recently that FEMA has awarded 11 mitigation grants in...
Aug 18 2005 // One year after Hurricane Charley made landfall as the first of four major hurricanes to strike Florida, federal and state disaster assistance totals more than $5.6 billion, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s...