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September 9, 2009
September 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...
September 3, 2009
SEATTLE, Wash. -- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is reminding everyone that September is National Preparedness Month. This National Preparedness...
September 3, 2009
It'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...
September 1, 2009
When 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...
August 24, 2009
In 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...
August 17, 2009
ANCHORAGE, 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...
August 11, 2009
When 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,...
August 10, 2009
Mission 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...
August 10, 2009
Among 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...
August 3, 2009
The 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.
Saturday night,...
August 1, 2009
ANCHORAGE, 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...
July 30, 2009
SEATTLE, Wash. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) urges residents and business owners to take extra precautions when returning after wildfire-caused evacuations. Dennis Hunsinger, FEMA...
July 29, 2009
SEATTLE, Wash. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today authorized the use of federal funds to help Washington State fight the Union Valley Fire...
July 29, 2009
SEATTLE, Wash. -- Sustained record-breaking temperatures have raised wildfire hazards throughout the Pacific Northwest.? With wildfires burning in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington state, FEMA...
July 16, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Five weeks after a federal disaster declaration for the recent spring floods and ice jams, $2,695,384 in federal recovery assistance has been directed to individuals in the...
July 9, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- More than $2 million in federal assistance has been disbursed to Alaskan residents to help them recover from the 2009 spring floods and ice jams announced officials from the...
July 2, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- State and federal officials announced yesterday that additional communities have been added to the June 11 federal disaster declaration resulting from the April 28 to May 31...
June 26, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- More than $235,000 in federal assistance has been approved for Alaskan residents to help them recover from the 2009 spring floods and ice jams announced officials from the...
June 24, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Alaska Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management (DHS&EM) are urging public officials to apply for...
June 21, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHS&EM) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials encourage any individuals who suffered damages...
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