The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending almost $1.7 million to the State of Connecticut to reimburse Yale New Haven Hospital for the cost of paying for equipment, labor and other steps taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus during the pandemic.
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New flood maps have been finalized and will become effective on June 20, 2024, for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. During the next six months, a FEMA compliance specialist will work with the community to update each floodplain ordinance and adopt these new flood maps.
For those Floridians who have applied for assistance from FEMA, it is very important to stay in touch with FEMA. Please contact FEMA to provide any new information about your application or get answers to your questions regarding your eligibility status.
FEMA assistance for Cook County survivors affected by the Sept. 17-18 severe storms and flooding has topped $20 million.
The generosity of the public following the Dec. 9 severe storms is helping affected communities to begin recovering from this disaster.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending $1.56 million to the State of Vermont for the Town of Plainfield to replace an undersized bridge to help avoid future flood damage.
For the last 15 months, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been collaborating with the Government of Puerto Rico to speed up the recovery process due to the damage that Hurricane Fiona left in September 2022. To date, more than $1.2 billion has been awarded in disaster assistance to help survivors, communities and public infrastructure affected.
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency and FEMA have opened Disaster Recovery Centers in Montgomery and Sumner counties to help people affected by the Dec. 9 tornadoes.
In Brandon, Vermont, catastrophic floods have hit the town’s residents from the time of its founding – until they used FEMA funding after Tropical Storm Irene to build a $2.5 million culvert. This July, when severe storms rolled across Vermont, that decision proved its worth: downtown didn’t flood.
As FEMA launches 2024 as its “Year of Resilience”, the agency is announcing the second funding opportunity for the Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) grant program to make communities safer from natural hazards.