Federal Emergency Management Agency

2020 Campaign 07/13/20, 00:17

No federal taxpayer money will be provided to help repair damage caused by civil unrest, which the Democratic Party sanctioned in Minnesota. The Trump administration is understood to have rejected a federal aid request from Democrats to help rebuild parts of the North Star State vandalized during protests against the death-in-custody ...

Washington 04/01/20, 04:09

Hundreds of thousands of Americans could die from the deadly Asian virus, advisers to the official residence of the president have warned. Health experts on the White House Coronavirus Task Force have predicted the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Virus could claim the lives of between 100,000 and 240,000 U.S. residents before ...

U.S. 05/14/19, 14:27

Federal authorities are almost done disbanding a makeshift neighborhood of trailers where Northern California wildfire victims have been living for 19 months.The Santa Rosa Democrat reported Tuesday that the last seven trailers provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be removed by July 10.Residents of 15 trailers turned in ...

U.S. 04/09/19, 13:50

Hundreds of residents in the county hardest hit by Hurricane Michael faced losing a roof over their heads on Tuesday as housing vouchers allowing them to stay at hotels after the Category 4 storm expired.Around 250 households in Bay County, Florida, faced eviction from hotels since their vouchers from the ...

U.S. 03/29/19, 11:40

President Donald Trump approved a disaster declaration for the Cahuilla Native American tribe of Southern California on March 28. The tribe will now be able to get federal help to rebuild. The president declared that a major disaster has existed for the Cahuilla tribe since Feb. 14, when the Mojave Desert ...

Politics 03/22/19, 14:16

The Federal Emergency Management Agency wrongly released to a contractor the personal information of 2.3 million survivors of devastating 2017 hurricanes and wildfires, potentially exposing the victims to identity fraud and theft, a government watchdog reported Friday. Homeland Security Department's Office of Inspector General found the breach occurred when FEMA was ...

Politics 03/08/19, 10:37

President Donald Trump headed to Alabama on Friday to survey the damage from a deadly tornado that devastated a small town, killing nearly two dozen people. Trump was expected to tour rural Lee County in eastern Alabama, where 23 people died Sunday in a massive EF4 tornado that carved a path ...

Politics 02/13/19, 15:49

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is resigning, months after an investigation found he misused government vehicles to travel to his home in North Carolina. Brock Long said in a letter Wednesday to agency employees that he was resigning to spend more time with his family. Long was under investigation ...

Enviroment 12/26/18, 13:49

Missouri landowners and environmentalists are urging a federal agency to sanction a levee district on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, arguing that the earthen barrier has been built above its authorized height, worsening flooding for its neighbors.Great Rivers Habitat Alliance, a river conservation organization based in St. Louis, ...

U.S. 11/28/18, 15:32

The Federal Emergency Management Agency says up to 2,000 trailers could be used to help house survivors of a Northern California wildfire that has killed at least 88 people and destroyed 13,000 homes.Toney Raines, head of FEMA's housing task force, says survivors could begin living in the trailers sometime this ...

U.S. 11/26/18, 20:17

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's inspector general has recommended changes to the nation's emergency alert system after Hawaii officials in January mistakenly warned the public about an incoming ballistic missile. The report issued last week calls for mandating that software vendors include message preview and cancelling features in their alert ...

U.S. 11/03/18, 13:43

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied requests for federal assistance for individuals in Dodge, Adams, Columbia, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson, Ozaukee and Washington counties. FEMA investigated storm damage claims from Aug. 17 through Sept. 14 involving high winds, tornadoes, heavy rains and flooding. Weather caused significant damage to ...

U.S. 10/03/18, 09:18

As the floodwaters recede and the recovery begins, communities swamped by Hurricane Florence soon will be on the clock to document the billions of dollars in damage it caused if they want to be reimbursed by the federal government.A missed deadline could be costly, even if it's not directly the ...

U.S. 09/20/18, 00:14

NARANJITO, Puerto Rico (AP) — After Hurricane Maria hit on Sept. 20, 2017, thousands of Puerto Ricans living below the poverty line were pushed to the brink of despair — struggling for food and housing, diapers and medicine.Gilberto Cosme Rodriguez, 73, gets a $320 monthly pension and spends nearly all ...

U.S. 09/19/18, 00:50

WASHINGTON (AP) — While Hurricane Florence barreled through the Carolinas, a different type of storm was brewing within the federal disaster relief agency tasked with responding to the fallout.