South Carolina residents looking to apply for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance only have a few more weeks to do so. Hurricane Season I-TEAM | ‘Very frustrated’: Homeowners feel ignored by insurance companies Updated: Nov. 22, 2024 at 6:36 AM GMT+8 ...
Two months after Hurricane Helene, many homeowners and businesses have not received any aid from the federal government as the U.S. Small Business Administration's disaster loan fund ran out of money. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports and North Carolina business owner Jessi...
People who are very serious about prevention may even consider building a "safe room" — a fortified room designed to withstand the punishing winds of a tornado or hurricane, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency pamphlet . List of emergency supplies People living in hurricane country...
DeSantis has requested Biden grant a Major Disaster Declaration for all 67 of the state's counties, which would open a range of federal assistance for residents and funding for public infrastructure repairs. DeSantis has also requested Biden allow FEMA to provide a 100% federal cost share for ...
The federal government also provided for 75% of the cost of emergency protective measures in an additional 21 counties.[141] On October 11, President Trump declared a major disaster in five counties: Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Taylor, and Wakulla. Residents in the county were able to receive ...
Just to be clear: Hurricane Ian was not a “natural” disaster. Yes, hurricanes have been hitting the Gulf Coast for tens of thousands of years. But what made Ian so the devastating was two factors, both of which are entirely human-made. First, we have supercharged hurricanes by burning...
A man begins cleaning up after Hurricane Ian moved through the Gulf Coast of Florida on Sept. 29, 2022 in Punta Gorda, Fla.Win Mcnamee/Getty Images Homeowner policies typically do not cover flood damage, and most homeowners located in a flood zone often get coverage ...
had often been both ineffectual and racist.3 This public examination of the shortcomings of disaster relief helped create the political window for the passage of the 1970 Disaster Relief Act, which made permanent the expansion of a number of federal disaster assistance programs that had been pioneer...
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“We now need people to start taking action,” said Rhome at a joint press briefing Monday with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). “So many times, we see people second guess … evacuation instructions, and it often will cost them dearly.” ...