Press Releases - FEMA.gov
WEBMore than $1.5M in FEMA Assistance Approved for Illinois. CHICAGO – In just one week since President Biden announced the major disaster declaration for Illinois, FEMA assistance for residents affected by the July 13 -16 severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding topped $1.5 million. September 27, 2024.
Mayorkas Warns of FEMA Funding Shortfall After Hurricane …
WEB10 hours ago · Oct. 2, 2024, 3:54 p.m. ET. The Federal Emergency Management Agency does not have enough funding to ride out the remainder of the hurricane season, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security ...
Biden-Harris Administration Continues Whole-Of-Government ... - FEMA.gov
WEB2 days ago · FEMA and federal, state, community and voluntary partners continue providing resources to aid response efforts across the Southeast as survivors begin recovering from Hurricane Helene. More than 3,500 personnel from across the federal workforce are deployed and supporting Hurricane Helene response efforts across the impacted states – more than 1,000 are from FEMA. Across the impacted states ...
FEMA administrator: "I don't know that anybody could be ... - CBS News
WEB3 days ago · FEMA administrator on N.C. flooding: "I don't know that anybody could be fully prepared" 05:37 FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said on Sunday that the "historic flooding" in North Carolina from ...
Newsroom - FEMA.gov
WEB6 days ago · President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Vermont. FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Vermont to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides from July 29– 31, 2024. Press Release | September 27, 2024.
FEMA Imposes Building Rules to Reduce Flood Damage - The New York Times
WEBJul 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...
Mayorkas warns FEMA doesn't have enough funding to last ... - ABC News
WEB6 hours ago · Congress recently replenished a key source of FEMA's response efforts, providing $20 billion for the agency's disaster relief fund as part of a short-term government spending bill to fund the ...
Head of FEMA says ‘historic’ destruction caused by ... - Yahoo News
WEB3 days ago · The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has said that the severe flooding and subsequent devastation caused by Hurricane Helene is linked to the climate emergency. Deanne Criswell said that rising temperatures in the Gulf were causing conditions that caused “significant infrastructure …
Biden administration to ask Congress for an additional $4 billion ... - CNN
WEBSep 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 ...
FEMA overhauls disaster assistance program as climate crisis ... - CNN
WEBJan 19, 2024 · The Federal Emergency Management Agency is changing how it responds to natural disasters, as the climate crisis fuels more extreme weather events and more destruction to homes.