To assist survivors displaced by the July 26, Eastern Kentucky floods, FEMA has approved direct temporary housing assistance to Floyd County—bringing the total number of approved counties to five—including: Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Letcher and Perry counties.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) regional administrator authorized the use of federal funds to assist the state of California in combatting the Mosquito Fire burning in Placer and El Dorado counties.
A new FEMA disaster recovery center will open on Saturday, September 10, in St. Louis City to provide one-on-one assistance to people directly affected by the July 25—28 flooding and severe storms.
Free legal assistance is available to disaster survivors in Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike and Whitley counties who were affected by the July 26, flooding in Eastern Kentucky.
Nine months after the federal disaster declaration for Kentucky following the Dec. 10-11 tornadoes, more than $95.7 million in federal assistance has been provided by FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration to support disaster recovery.
ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands — FEMA has applied an inclusive approach to supporting the U.S. Virgin Islands in its response and recovery efforts to hurricanes Irma and Maria which made landfall in September 2017. FEMA is committed to providing equitable services for people with disabilities and others with access and functional needs.
Emergency preparedness exercise scheduled for the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant
To review the progress of recovery projects in the municipalities, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) together with the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (COR3) conducted a series of visits to different facilities that have been renovated.
St. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Hurricane Irma's winds of more than 150 mph, along with bands of wind-driven rain, severely damaged the power grids on St. Thomas and St. John. The storm blew away roofs from hundreds of homes and damaged other critical services, including medical facilities and schools.
A little more than one month after the July 26 flooding in Eastern Kentucky, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has processed more than 65% of flood insurance claims they’ve received, for a total of more than $13.1 million dollars in the hands of insured flood survivors.