Press Releases - FEMA.gov
Nov 4, 2024 · Press Releases. A Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) will open Tuesday, Nov. 5, in Franklin (Macon County) to assist North Carolina survivors who experienced loss from Tropical Storm Helene. FEMA has opened a Disaster Recovery Center in Hardee County to provide one-on-one help to Floridians affected by Hurricane Milton.
Federal Assistance for Hurricane Helene Survivors Surpasses ... - FEMA.gov
Oct 6, 2024 · FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance Teams are on the ground in neighborhoods across the affected counties helping survivors apply for FEMA assistance and connecting them with additional state, local, federal and voluntary agency resources. Residents can call 1-800-824-3463 to report a missing person. Callers should be prepared to provide as much ...
Biden-Harris Administration Reforms Disaster Assistance ... - FEMA.gov
Jan 19, 2024 · Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced today that FEMA is reforming its federal assistance policies and expanding benefits for disaster survivors to cut red tape, …
Mayorkas Warns of FEMA Funding Shortfall After Hurricane …
Oct 2, 2024 · Mayorkas Warns of Funding Shortfall for Rest of Hurricane Season. The homeland security secretary said FEMA, which is dealing with the destruction from Hurricane Helene, would need more money to...
FEMA Imposes Building Rules to Reduce Flood Damage - The New York Times
Jul 10, 2024 · The agency said Wednesday that projects constructed with FEMA money must be built in a way that prevents flood damage, whether by elevating them above the expected height of a flood or, if that...
How did FEMA spend $9 billion so quickly? Back-to-back disasters
Oct 10, 2024 · The US Federal Emergency Management Agency is rapidly spending its disaster funding as it responds to back-to-back major hurricanes Helene and Milton – coming on top of a nonstop disaster year ...
FEMA overhauls disaster assistance program as climate crisis ... - CNN
Jan 19, 2024 · The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is changing the way it responds to natural disasters, it announced Friday, as the climate crisis fuels more extreme weather events and causes more...
As Climate Shocks Worsen, FEMA Tries a New Approach to Aid
Jan 19, 2024 · The shift, announced on Friday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, comes amid a growing number of climate-related disasters.
FEMA employee fired after advising hurricane relief team not ... - NBC News
4 days ago · Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 9. Nathan Posner/ / Anadolu via Getty Images file Nov. 9, 2024, 10:21 PM UTC / Updated Nov. 10, 2024, 3:12 PM UTC
Biden administration to ask Congress for an additional $4 billion …
Sep 1, 2023 · The Biden administration is asking Congress for an additional $4 billion to replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief Fund, pointing to what it says is a particularly ...