FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell marks the 44th annual campaign to raise awareness about building safety.
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After a disaster, recovering from and dealing with loss can be overwhelming. To ensure survivors can apply for assistance, FEMA sends teams of Disaster Survivor Assistants (DSA) into disaster-affected neighborhoods, often going door-to-door to assist survivors. Teams began visiting neighborhoods in Sulphur on Wednesday
Ohio homeowners and renters in Auglaize, Crawford, Darke, Delaware, Hancock, Licking, Logan, Mercer, Miami, Richland and Union counties with disaster-related losses from the March 14 tornadoes may now call or go online to apply for disaster assistance from FEMA.
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Ohio to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by tornadoes on March 14, 2024.
Oklahomans who sustained damage from severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding beginning April 25 may be eligible for disaster assistance under FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program.
The State of Maine and FEMA have opened a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Waldo County. The DRC is a temporary facility established to help survivors recover from the severe storms and flooding from January 9-13.
LANSING, Mich. – Survivors of the Aug. 24-26, 2023, severe storms, tornadoes and flooding in Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, Kent, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland and Wayne counties have just one week left to apply for federal assistance.
The Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will host a public meeting to seek public comment on a significant plan change to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s alert and notification system for nuclear power plant emergencies within the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station emergency planning zone. FEMA will conduct an exercise to evaluate the new system on May 9, 2024.
Survivors in Cumberland, Hancock, Lincoln, Knox, Sagadahoc, Waldo, Washington and York counties who had loss or damage from the severe storms and flooding that occurred Jan. 9-13, 2024, may have already reported their damages to the State of Maine, spoken to someone from FEMA, or registered for assistance with a community organization. That does not mean they have applied for federal assistance with FEMA.
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Oklahoma to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding beginning on April 25, 2024 and continuing.