FEMA is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on its Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS).
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Agencies launch new interactive Agnes website and announce public anniversary events.
MAYFIELD, Ky. – Evidence of clean-up and recovery is beginning to show in the heart of this tornado- stricken city. Downtown streets are mostly passable, the bricks and rubble from shattered buildings removed from some blocks. The site of the demolished candle factory that drew the sympathy of the nation is now a vacant lot.
Puerto Rico's electric generation, transmission and distribution system is on its way to becoming more robust with the approval of funds for 15 projects under FEMA’s Accelerated Award’s Strategy, known as FAASt. The projects represent more than $107.3 million in approved federal funding to kickstart what will become a more reliable electric grid for all Puerto Rico residents. In addition to these 15 projects, an Architecture and Engineering project was approved in October of last year.
Next Monday, June 6, 2022 is the deadline for employees or self-employed individuals who live in the municipalities of Cataño, Dorado, Toa Baja, Vega Alta, and Vega Baja, that became unemployed as a direct consequence of the severe storms, floods and landslides that occurred on February 4 – 6, 2022, to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA).
Preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps are available for review in Murray County, Oklahoma. Residents and business owners are encouraged to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance requirements.
Emergency preparedness exercise scheduled for the Beaver Valley Power Station
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee joins with FEMA today in announcing a $10.5 million federal grant to be used to reunite Humphreys County elementary and middle school students in a temporary facility following the damage to their schools from the deadly August 2021 flood.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. –In the aftermath of the deadly flooding that occurred in Waverly, Tenn. in August 2021, Larry Lescure, the town’s Code Enforcement Director, wasn’t sure how he was going to take on the task of inspecting hundreds of damaged homes by himself.
Preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps are available for review in Johnston County, Oklahoma. Residents and business owners are encouraged to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance requirements.