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FEMA is still paying Florida claims on 2024 storms amid debate about whether the federal agency should continue to exist.
By Katherine Hafner/WHRO Last fall, after Hurricane Helene devastated communities in North Carolina, it swept into southwest Virginia as a tropical storm, continuing its path of destruction. Roads and bridges were torn up.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The city of Grand Rapids will soon have a new administrator running its emergency management department. Benjamin Rance will be joining the city from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will conduct an informative presentation on the newly redrawn and revised floodplains for the area. Representatives from FEMA will be hosting an informative community meeting on July 31,
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s acting head will testify as panels focus on disasters and forecasting this week.
The South Callaway School District reported progress on its new multipurpose storm shelter. The school district is constructing a storm shelter with assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) next to its early childhood center.
The Brief. FEMA was created in 1979 by an executive order by President Jimmy Carter. The federal agency has over 20,000 employees and is responsible for coordinating responses to disasters in the U.S.
Uncertainty is hanging over this year’s hurricane season as meteorologists predict “above-normal” activity and the Trump administration sends shifting signals over the future of the federal government’s role in natural disaster response.