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News 12 New Jersey
April 3, 2018
The extreme weather this year is causing some major headaches for homeowners around the state and the cost to protect homes is getting more expensive. Homeowners will now pay more for FEMA flood insurance as premiums are expected to rise this year. According to FEMA, flood premiums will riseÃâà...
Naples Daily News
April 3, 2018
Collier County will soon receive its first federal reimbursement for the tens of millions of dollars it spent clearing roads of debris following Hurricane Irma. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved sending $10.6 million to Collier County to help cover the cost of the first wave of debrisÃâà...
Cecil Daily
April 3, 2018
Schneckenburger said. "The short answer was, 'Yes!'" The boxes of food, packed to provide 12 shelf stable meals, came from Federal Emergency Management Agency to the Maryland Department of General Services. Nick Cavey, director of communications for DGS, said the food came to Maryland by wayÃâà...
Naples Herald
April 3, 2018
Collier County will receive a $10.6 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for reimbursing the cost of debris cleanup, the agency said on Monday. The second grant received by a Southwest Florida entity in the last two weeks, FEMA said that it funded 90 percent of the first wave ofÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 2, 2018
RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing a $2.9 million grant to help pay for flood damage that occurred last year in central Wyoming. The aid will go to the Riverton Valley Irrigation District for permanent restoration of an irrigation canal and associatedÃâà...
Press of Atlantic City
April 2, 2018
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Flood insurance premiums will rise again this year, according to federal officials. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said flood premiums will jump about 8 percent, the Asbury Park Press reported. The average flood policy will cost $935 annually, up from $866 last year.
Santa Barbara Edhat
April 2, 2018
Southern California homeowners and renters who have registered for disaster assistance with FEMA following the December wildfires and January mudslides and flooding, are encouraged to stay in touch as their applications are processed. Financial help for home repair, temporary rental assistance,Ãâà...
Slate Magazine
March 30, 2018
Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico back in the fall of 2017, but the commonwealth is still struggling to get back on its feet. In her latest special, “The Great American* Puerto Rico (*It's Complicated),” Full Frontal's Samantha Bee investigated why FEMA left the island in the dust. Because this thing goes straight toÃâà...
HSToday
March 30, 2018
FEMA, in partnership with organizations that collectively represent the emergency management profession, released today the seventh video presentation from the inaugural PrepTalks Symposium, John Hope Bryant's “Financial Literacy and Overcoming Liquid Asset Poverty.” Bryant is the founder,Ãâà...
Florida Keys Weekly
March 30, 2018
From the beginning, Keys officials understood that every “i” had to be dotted and every “t” had to be crossed in order to apply successfully and receive the federal dollars administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the so-called Public Assistance Grants. “It's cumbersome,” said Key WestÃâà...
AL.com
March 30, 2018
The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded the city of Huntsville more than $5 million for drainage improvement projects. The $5.25 million award from FEMA will fund drainage improvement projects along Dallas Branch and Pinhook Creek, the agency announced Friday. According to FEMAÃâà...
KFYR-TV
March 30, 2018
MANDAN, N.D. - The Little Heart River south of Mandan has a levee meant to keep property safe in case of ice jams or flooding. That levee was finished in 1949, and was certified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the 1980s. Now, FEMA has changed their standards, meaning the levee isÃâà...
Casper Star-Tribune Online
March 29, 2018
RIVERTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency will cover fewer than 60 percent of reimbursements local governments requested to cover flood damage in 2017. FEMA ... Lander requested FEMA money for the work that was done to create barriers on Fremont Street and elsewhere in the city.
HSToday
March 29, 2018
And like clockwork, we are about to see an onslaught of stories about FEMA's performance following the previous year's disaster season. The Politico Investigation “How Trump favored Texas over Puerto Rico” is the first of what I expect will be a number of reports as Hurricane Season 2018 opens on JuneÃâà...
Insurance Journal
March 29, 2018
County officials in the Florida Keys are looking to get federal money to reimburse them for expenses related to Hurricane Irma. Monroe County officials traveled to Washington D.C. last week to meet with FEMA officials. The county has submitted about $16 million in expenses for reimbursement. So farÃâà...
RollingStone.com
March 29, 2018
Samantha Bee got David Duchovny to help her uncover the mystery behind FEMA's atrocious response to hurricane damage in Puerto Rico, X-Files style. The segment was part of Full Frontal's special episode, The Great American* Puerto Rico, about the island's recovery efforts after Hurricanes Irma andÃâà...
HuffPost
March 29, 2018
In a perplexing decision earlier this month, the Federal Emergency Management Agency decided it will no longer take climate change into account as it plans ahead for the future. ... On Thursday, Ellison sent a letter to FEMA Administrator Brock Long with some pointed questions seeking clarification.
Natural Resources Defense Council
March 20, 2018
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the federal agency primarily responsible for funding community rebuilding in the aftermath of a large-scale disaster, has removed any reference to climate change, including sea level rise and extreme weather, from its just-released strategic plan.
NJ.com
March 4, 2018
RINCON, Puerto Rico - Ever since I was a little kid, I've been listening to various experts telling me to never, under any circumstances, go near downed wires - even if you think they're not electrified. Those experts need to take a trip to Puerto Rico. I did last week. More than five months after Hurricane MariaÃâà...
Brazosport Facts
March 4, 2018
Mike Williamson holds his dog, Mini Pearl, in the hotel room he has been living in for months through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's ... FEMA also has provided trailers and modular homes to 321 Brazoria County households through its Direct Housing Assistance program, and thatÃâà...
CityLab
March 2, 2018
The wrath of Hurricane Harvey sparked debate over how the country manages flood insurance and brought fresh scrutiny on incentives for new construction on the country's precarious floodplains. But meaningful reform faces a hurdle: the Federal Emergency Management Agency's flood hazard maps.
KRBD
March 2, 2018
No resident will be able to purchase a flood insurance policy from FEMA through the NFIP program. That does not mean that their mortgage does not require flood insurance to be purchased. All it means that you can't buy it from the NFIP. You can't buy it subsidized. You still have to go and find it fromÃâà...
Washington Technology
March 2, 2018
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has pulled back the awards on an almost $610 million contract for advisory and assistance services to support its emergency response and disaster recovery missions. FEMA is taking corrective actions regarding those awards for the fourth iteration of its PublicÃâà...
FCW.com
March 2, 2018
In a management alert to FEMA Administrator Brock Long, OIG is reporting that based on field work in January and February, it has found FEMA has made "limited progress" on improving IT management issues dating as far back as 2005. OIG states these issues "remain unchanged," and have an "adverseÃâà...
New York Times
February 6, 2018
The mission for the Federal Emergency Management Agency was clear: Hurricane Maria had torn through Puerto Rico, and hungry people needed food. Thirty million meals needed to be delivered as soon as possible. For this huge task, FEMA tapped Tiffany Brown, an Atlanta entrepreneur with noÃâà...
Auburn Citizen
December 31, 1999
AUBURN — Cayuga County thinks the Federal Emergency Management Agency was wrong to dismiss a disaster declaration for the southern end of the ... Natale and Lynch discovered at least seven instances in the past 20 years in the state when FEMA declared disasters that group multiple storm events.
The Cut
December 31, 1999
In an admirable act of solidarity, a former male press secretary for the Federal Emergency Management Agency resigned in part over the front office's treatment of his former female colleague who he alleges faced gender discrimination, Politico reports. In his resignation letter obtained by Politico, PaulÃâà...
Texas Tribune
December 31, 1999
As more than half a million families sought disaster relief aid and damage estimates surpassed the $100 billion mark, the Federal Emergency Management Agency worried that it didn't have the capability to handle what was quickly becoming the largest housing recovery effort in American history, accordingÃâà...
