FEMA Region X News, Media Advisories and Disaster Updateshttp://www.fema.gov/news/regionnews.fema?region=10 en-us FEMAWebmaster@dhs.gov (FEMA Office of Public Affairs) FEMAWebmaster@dhs.gov (FEMA Webmaster) 360 Regional/North America/United States/Government/Executive Branch/Departments/Homeland Security/ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:49:30 EDT FEMA Region X News, Media Advisories and Disaster Updateshttp://www.fema.gov/news/regionnews.fema?region=10 http://www.fema.gov/img/rss_logo.gif http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49823ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Municipality of Anchorage residents are about to pay less for flood insurance, as a direct result of their community’s active participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS). According to FEMA Acting Regional Administrator Dennis Hunsinger, they’ll not only enjoy reduced flood insurance premiums, but face reduced flood risk as well.Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:49:30 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=4982310/20/2009 0:0:0R10-09-090http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49543SEATTLE, Wash. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today authorized the use of federal funds to help Oregon State fight the South County Fire Complex burning near Ashland and Medford, Oregon. The South County Fire Complex consists of the previously named Siskiyou Boulevard Fire located near Ashland and the Deer Ridge Fire located near Medford.Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:28:41 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=495439/22/2009 0:0:0R10-09-088http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49536ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Although the August 10th registration deadline for individuals in the Alaska Gateway Regional Educational Attendance Area (REAA), Yukon Flats REAA, Yukon-Koyukuk REAA, Lower Yukon REAA, Kuspuk REAA, and Yupiit REAA has passed, federal and state governments continue funding programs that help residents recover from the spring 2009 flooding and ice jams.Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:05:49 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=495369/18/2009 0:0:01843-015http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49517SEATTLE, Wash. -- September is National Preparedness Month, and this year the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is using the calendar observance to focus on changing perceptions about emergency preparedness, and helping Americans understand what it truly means to be Ready. Being Ready is all about taking four simple but all-important steps: get an Emergency Supply Kit; make a Family Emergency Plan; be informed about emergencies and their appropriate responses; and get involved in community preparedness initiatives. According to FEMA Acting Regional Administrator Dennis Hunsinger, the time to make proper provisions for pets is before disaster strikes.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:12:11 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=495179/17/2009 0:0:0R10-09-086http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49478September is National Preparedness Month, four calendar weeks set specifically aside to encourage citizens to prepare for disasters and emergencies by developing a plan, creating a disaster supply survival kit and staying informed. FEMA Acting Regional Administrator Dennis Hunsinger reminds parents that they are their family's first-responders.Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:43:12 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=494789/9/2009 0:0:0R10-09-084http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49445SEATTLE, Wash. -- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is reminding everyone that September is National Preparedness Month. This National Preparedness Month, which is sponsored by FEMA's Ready Campaign, FEMA is encouraging all Americans to visit www.Ready.gov and learn how they can better prepare themselves and their families before the next emergency or disaster.Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:56:57 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=494459/3/2009 0:0:0R10-09-083http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49447It’s not every day that DC policymakers leave the realm of white papers, paté and Beltway buzz to travel to a place of ceremonial drumming, outhouses and mosquito buzz. But Beth Zimmerman, FEMA's new Assistant Administrator for the Disaster Assistance Directorate, recently did just that.Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:46:19 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=494479/3/2009 0:0:0FNF-09-046http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49429When a wall of water overwhelmed the Yukon River town of Stevens Village on May 8, residents fled for their lives. Neighbors drove boats through the village rescuing those who were trapped in their homes by the rising waters. Houses floated off their foundations or were battered by huge chunks of ice.Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:59:42 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=494299/1/2009 0:0:0FNF-09-043http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49381In early May residents of Tanana, a small Alaska Native village situated where the Yukon and Tanana Rivers meet, watched anxiously as reports of the destruction upriver reached them. When crushing ice and swollen floodwaters reached their village on May 12th, the force damaged homes, dislodged outhouses and fuel storage tanks, and destroyed personal property.Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:16:09 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=493818/24/2009 0:0:0FNF-09-042http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49310ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Disaster officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the State of Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management announced today that federal Individual Assistance funds committed for the 2009 spring floods/ice jam disaster recovery effort, along with disaster-related Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, have reached over $5.6 million.Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:14:45 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=493108/17/2009 0:0:01843-013http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49292When the Yukon River ice breakup happened this spring, it caused devastating flooding in the town of Eagle, Alaska, beginning May 4. A large ice jam developed about 10 miles downriver of Eagle, causing the high-flowing Yukon, fueled by snowmelt from high temperatures during the previous week, to flood the town. House-sized chunks of ice were carried over the town's riverbank retaining wall and smashed into stores and buildings.Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:15:56 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=492928/11/2009 0:0:0FNF-09-039http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49282Among the many problems caused when the Yukon River flooded the town of Eagle this spring was the damage done to structures that have been built over the years for subsisting on the land. Most residents of this remote Alaska village depend on what they grow and on what they catch in the river for their food. Cash is in short supply and is used for things they can only purchase, like building supplies or gas for snowmobiles.Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:39:13 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=492828/10/2009 0:0:0FNF-09-038http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49281Mission Road, a gravel road between the town of Eagle and the Alaska Native settlement of Eagle Village, has been restored by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF). A 4,500-feet section of the road was destroyed by a massive ice jam on May 5, isolating the two communities, which are ten miles apart (Figure 1).Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:37:46 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=492818/10/2009 0:0:0FNF-09-037http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49220The residents of Eagle, Alaska, are slowly getting their lives back to normal after having them turned upside down during the spring 2009 flooding and ice jams, which began May 4.Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:57 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=492208/3/2009 0:0:0FNF-09-035http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49194ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Since President Obama declared the spring flooding and ice jams a federal disaster on June 11, 2009, federal agencies have committed over $4.7 million in disaster-related individual assistance and loans to residents of the Yukon River and Kuskokwim River communities.Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:31:51 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=491948/1/2009 0:0:01843-011