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In an effort to keep FEMA.gov current, please see the content archive for information prior to January 20, 2025.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has delivered preliminary flood maps for the City and County of Honolulu. These maps identify revised flood hazards along various streams. The new maps will help building officials, contractors, and homeowners make informed mitigation decisions, thereby contributing to safer, more disaster-resilient communities.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Residents of Logan and Wayne counties are now eligible to apply for assistance from FEMA to help with costs from the Feb. 15, 2025, winter flooding. Residents in McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, and Wyoming counties remain eligible for assistance.
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Kentucky residents who experienced damage from the February severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides may be eligible for FEMA assistance. Homeowners and renters in Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Lee, Letcher, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike and Simpson counties are encouraged to apply.
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Individuals impacted by the 2022 Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire and subsequent flooding who have not yet filed a claim for damages have less than five days left to submit a Notice of Loss (NOL). The deadline to do so is March 14. After this date, it will no longer be possible to request compensation from the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office, nor will requests for a no-cost flood insurance policy or a conservation restoration plan be accepted for eligible individuals.
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Kentucky residents are starting to see FEMA crews in neighborhoods, helping those affected by the February severe storms and flooding apply for federal disaster assistance in Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Lee, Letcher, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike and Simpson counties.
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FEMA is hosting a Housing Resource Fair from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Mar. 15, in Vidalia at the following location: EMA/EMS Building 509 Maple Drive Vidalia, GA 30474
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A Disaster Recovery Center will open on March 9, in Harlan County in areas affected by the February floods.
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Two Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) will be opening on Monday March 10, at 8:00 a.m. One DRC will open in Mingo County at Williamson Campus in Williamson, WV and the other will open in Wyoming County at the Wyoming County Courthouse in Pineville, WV.
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HICKORY, N.C. – At the request of the state of North Carolina, FEMA has extended the deadline to apply for assistance after Tropical Storm Helene to April 7, 2025.
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Los Angeles County homeowners and renters who suffered uninsured or underinsured damage to their property from the January wildfires have a few weeks left to apply for federal disaster assistance. FEMA has extended the application deadline to Monday, March 31, 2025.
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