Like all natural disasters, tornadoes can end up causing massive destruction to homes, property and infrastructure. Typically, tornadoes cause the greatest damage to structures of light construction, including some manufactured homes and other residential dwellings.
Press Releases
FEMA and the State of Arkansas Disaster Recovery Centers in Bentonville, Summit, Harrison and Mountain Home will be closed Wednesday, June 19 for the Juneteenth holiday.
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and FEMA have opened a Mobile Disaster Recovery Center in Hinds County to help survivors affected by the April 8-11, 2024, severe storms, tornadoes and flooding.
FEMA is hiring Oklahoma residents to help the state recover from the April-May storms and tornadoes.
FEMA is opening a Mobile Disaster Recovery Center in Jessamine County to assist Kentucky survivors who were impacted by the April 2 severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, landslides and mudslides. The MDRC will be located at Providence School, 200 Computrex Drive, Nicholasville, KY 40356. The center will be open June 19–23. The hours are 10 a.m.–7 p.m., Monday through Friday; 9 a.m.–6 p.m., Saturday; and 1–5 p.m. Sunday.
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Tennessee to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding from May 8-9, 2024.
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Hawaii to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe storms, flooding and landslides from April 11-14, 2024.
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Florida to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes on May 10, 2024.
FEMA is opening Disaster Recovery Centers in Clarke, Polk and Pottawattamie counties to provide one-on-one help to people affected by severe storms, tornadoes and flooding this spring.
This week, the National Weather Service reported that more than 72,650,000 people are under heat advisories and excessive heat watches and warnings across much of the Midwest, Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. With the extreme heat forecast expected to last throughout this week and possibly the next, FEMA is encouraging communities to prepare and protect themselves against this hazard.