ATLANTA – Recovery specialists from FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are now available at the Spalding County Senior Center to assist residents of Spaulding County who were severely impacted by the Jan. 12 storms and tornadoes.
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The first phase for the construction of a new reservoir in the Valenciano river and the expansion of the Valenciano Water Treatment Plant has been approved at a cost of over $18.5 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under its Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). The new stream reservoir, located in the municipality of Juncos and an asset of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA), will have a capacity of 12.7 million cubic meters of water.
CLANTON, Ala. – FEMA and the state of Alabama are opening three disaster recovery centers Jan. 28 and Jan. 29. Two will open in Dallas County and one in Hale County to assist tornado survivors.
ATLANTA – A FEMA disaster recovery center will open Sunday, Jan.29 in Troup County to provide one-on-one assistance to people directly affected by the Jan. 12 severe storms, straight line winds and tornadoes.
Six months after disastrous floods swept through Eastern Kentucky leaving a path of devastation across 13 counties, FEMA, its federal partners and the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management (KYEM) are still hard at work collaborating to help Kentucky communities and survivors jump-start their recovery.
BATON ROUGE, La. – In support of the state of Louisiana’s request to waive rent for Hurricane Ida survivors living in
temporary housing units (THUs), FEMA has authorized a waiver reducing rent to the policy minimum of $50 per
month through May 31, 2023. Normal rent policy will apply to THU occupants starting June 2023.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – San Mateo County has been added to the major disaster declaration for California’s severe storms and flooding, meaning residents who had damage or losses from the storms that began Dec. 27, 2022, may now apply for FEMA disaster assistance.
CLANTON, Ala – Greene, Sumter and Tallapoosa counties are now eligible for FEMA assistance after the Jan. 12 severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes in Alabama.
CLANTON, AL – FEMA and the state of Alabama are opening a disaster recovery center in Coosa County to assist tornado survivors. The center will open at 1 p.m. local time, Jan. 27, and will provide one-on-one help to people affected by the Jan.12 severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes.
ATLANTA – A FEMA disaster recovery center will open Friday, Jan.27 in Butts County to provide one-on-one assistance to people directly affected by the Jan. 12 severe storms, straight line winds and tornadoes.