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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In the weeks and months after disaster strikes, the path to recovery can pose many uncertainties and cause stress and anxiety. FEMA approved more than $116 thousand in grant funding to the state of Tennessee for crisis counseling services to help residents struggling with the aftermath of the August storms and flooding in Middle Tennessee.
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Residents of Southeast Michigan, don’t get overlooked. Get the help you need. The deadline to apply for FEMA assistance is Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, for residents of Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw and Wayne counties who experienced damage or losses from the June 25-26 severe storms, flooding, and tornadoes.
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Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in portions of the cities of New Braunfels and Seguin, and unincorporated areas of Guadalupe County, Texas.
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Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in portions of the City of Gonzales and unincorporated areas of Gonzales County, Texas.
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Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in portions of the City of New Braunfels and unincorporated areas of Comal County, Texas.
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As the people of New York repair and rebuild their homes, FEMA has teamed with Lowe’s home-improvement store in Queens to provide free information and tips on how to make homes damaged by natural disasters stronger and safer.
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It’s been 60 days since Hurricane Ida made landfall. The first months of disaster recovery are often intense, stressful, and sometimes chaotic. That has not slowed down the effort to assist those affected by Ida. Efforts to rebuild and come back from such devastation come from the whole community; one agency cannot do it alone. Through the utilization of state and local resources, volunteer agencies, as well as federal partners, Louisianans have been able to continue to return to some form of normalcy.
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Homeowners, renters and business owners who sustained uninsured or underinsured damage to their property from the Remnants of Hurricane Ida in Bedford, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, and York counties have two weeks left to apply for disaster assistance.
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The FEMA disaster recovery center in Northampton County at Northampton County EOC, 100 Gracedale Ave, Nazareth will cease operations on Friday, Oct. 29 at 7:00 p.m.
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Since Hurricane Ida barreled across Southeast Louisiana two months ago, leaving dozens of parishes with severe damage and losses, disaster survivors have received more than $889 million in federal grants and been approved for more than $816 million in low-interest loans to enhance their recovery. Another $297 million has been paid to survivors in National Flood Insurance Program claims.
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