Region 10

BOTHELL, Wash.

BOTHELL, Wash. – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Evans Canyon Fire burning in Yakima County, Washington, approximately eight miles north of the community of Naches. 

Bothell, Wash. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the White River Fire burning in Wasco County, approximately 90 miles east of Portland, Oregon.

WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor approved Alaska for a FEMA grant under the Lost Wages Assistance program. FEMA’s grant funding will allow Alaska to provide $300 per week -- on top of their regular unemployment benefit -- to those unemployed due to COVID-19.

WASHINGTON - On August 8, 2020, President Trump made available up to $44 billion from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to Americans who have lost wages due to the COVID-19 pandemic.