A Tampa-based NOAA crew including Chris Kern, left, Paul Darby and Pat Didler flies towards what was at the time Tropical Storm Hermine. Hurricanes Hermine and Matthew caused more than $100 million damage in Florida last year.
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Flames through roof of apartment building on Lafayette Avenue, Buffalo, Saturday morning.
New York state leaders used $30 million in grant money from FEMA to pay for a new system of weather monitoring equipment. Currently, the sta “We simply don’t have enough manpower,” Buffalo-based agent Dean Mandel told the House Homeland Security Committee in 2016.
Broderick to star in ‘Katrina’
Los Angeles, Feb 28 – Actor Matthew Broderick has been cast in Katrina: American Crime Story – the second instalment of the universally acclaimed and award-winning limited series American Crime Story. Broderick, a two-time Tony Award winner, will portray Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael D. Brown, who was in charge of the federal disaster response to Hurricane Katrina, read a statement from Star World Premiere HD channel, which will air the show in India.
Around Livingston for Feb. 23, 2017
A Mobile Disaster Recovery Center has opened in Livingston Parish for homeowners, renters and business owners who sustained damage in the Feb. 7 tornadoes. The center will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays at the Livingston Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, 20399 Government Blvd., Livingston.
Three East Feliciana police jurors take aim at parish officials, FEMA …
Three people who say they are trying to help homeless victims of the August flooding berated the East Feliciana Parish Police Jury and parish homeland security officials Tuesday, accusing the latter of sabotaging efforts to obtain a FEMA trailer park in the parish. The Reileyville area of the town of Clinton was hit hard by the mid-August flooding, although some other areas of the parish also sustained damage.
Repair to flood-damaged Ascension Parish schools in design phase, bids out on two
The work to restore the five flood-damaged Ascension Parish public schools, as well as for other school district facilities that flooded, is now in the design phase, the School Board’s consultant reported this week. The work for two of those projects is out for bid – St. Amant Primary, with a bid due date of March 7, and St. Amant Middle, with a bid due date of March 28 – Todd Mann, project manager with consulting firm CSRS, of Baton Rouge, told the School Board on Tuesday.
Our Views: Declaring a La. disaster once again
Harold Baldwin, a disabled veteran, holds his grandson Blake Baldwin, 5 months, while waiting to apply for FEMA, Federal Emergency Management Agency, disaster recovery assistance at the East New Orleans Public Library, 5641 Read Blvd. in New Orleans, La. Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 near the path of Tuesday’s tornado.
FEMA stages at Travis Air Force Base in response to Oroville Dam situation
Logistics workers the Federal Emergency Management Agency coordinate the delivery of relief supplies that are being stored at Travis Air Force Base as a contingency against a possible failure of the auxiliary spillway at Oroville Dam. The base is acting as a staging area for FEMA personnel, providing space for necessary equipment and supplies.
President Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Hoopa Valley Tribe
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Hoopa Valley Tribe to supplement the Tribe’s recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe winter storm from January 3 to January 5, 2017. Federal funding is available to the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe winter storm.
Back in Florida, Craig Fugate is happy to leave the next disaster to a new FEMA chief
Craig Fugate, FEMA administrator, appears with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on Oct. 7 after briefing the president on Hurricane Matthew. [Manuel Balce Ceneta Naturally, disaster threatened North Florida as Craig Fugate returned home after seven years in Washington running the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FEMA to offer storm recovery tips
Federal Emergency Management Agency representatives will be at the Edgecombe County Administration Building next week to offer information and tips about storm preparation and recovery. will present techniques for hazard resistant homes.
City debates more firefighters
Elizabeth City City Council has agreed to authorize the city to pursue a nearly $300,000 FEMA grant to pay for six new firefighters for two years. However, city officials continue to debate whether the city can afford the firefighters once the grant expires or if the firefighters are needed in the first place.
Artifacts turning up in Savannah as hurricane debris is removed
Bits of Savannah’s past just below our feet are forcing the city to take its time during the final stage of storm debris removal from Hurricane Matthew. When the strong winds toppled centuries-old trees, especially in cemeteries, parks and historic battlefield artifacts were lifted to the surface.
CDP won’t train with toxins at least through March, FEMA says
Training with deadly toxins at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston won’t resume until at least after March, according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency announcement Friday. In a message to The Star on Friday, FEMA spokeswoman Stephanie Moffett wrote that the Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility, known as the COBRA center, in Anniston, will not train with live agents through at least March.
FEMA closing Cumberland center on Thursday –
The Disaster Recovery Center in Cumberland County will close Thursday at 6 p.m., but the one in Lumberton will continue operating. The one that will close is located at Cumberland County Department of Social Services at 1225 Ramsey St. in Fayetteville.
County considers work on Smith River plant
The Lower Smith River Wastewater Plant will again be the topic of discussion this Tuesday in Henry County.
John Kelly Sworn In as Head of Department of Homeland Security
Friday, retired Marine Corps General John F. Kelly was officially sworn in as the fifth Secretary of Homeland Security. Secretary Kelly took the oath Friday evening after the Senate voted to confirm him.
Robeson Countya s outdoor facilities bounce back in wake of Hurricane Matthew flooding
If recreation is good for the body and soul, then Robesonians appear to be on the mend after Hurricane Matthew. A survey of recreation facilities closest to the Lumber River revealed damage and considerable resilience in wake of the storm’s flooding.
Louisiana Flood of 2016 drives surge in insurance policies
The Louisiana Flood of 2016 is driving homeowners to buy federal flood insurance — some for the first time — after a steady, years-long decline in participation in the national program. The National Flood Insurance Program in 2016 is on pace to top its 2012 high in Louisiana of roughly 483,000 active policies, said Wayne Berggren, an insurance crew leader with FEMA.
South Carolina Gets Additional $65M in Matthew Aid
The State newspaper of Columbia reports the Department of Housing and Urban Development grant is part of a $2.3 billion nationwide package for states hit hard this year by natural disasters. But the money is still a long way from arriving.
Training center mistakenly exposed students to deadly ricin
A federal terrorism response center in Alabama mistakenly used the lethal form of the toxin ricin as it trained thousands of firefighters, paramedics and other emergency responders during the past five years. Federal Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Alexa Lopez said FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is supposed to use a form of ricin that is safe to humans in training exercises.
Parts of Gatlinburg were destroyed by out of control wildfires.
KNOXVILLE President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration Thursday, ordering federal funds be made available to victims of the fires that killed 14 and damaged or destroyed more than 2,400 structures in Gatlinburg and the surrounding Sevier County communities. Sevier County residents and business owners who sustained losses from wildfires during the period of Nov. 28 to Dec. 9 are eligible to receive federal funds, according to a news release from the White House.
John Kelly’s Homeland Security Hearing: 3 Questions Congress Must Ask
Marine General John Kelly, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Homeland Security, has his confirmation hearing with the Senate Homeland Security Committee today. Kelly is a four-star general who served in the Persian Gulf War and the Iraq War, worked alongside Defense Secretaries Leon Panetta and Robert Gates, and led US Southern Command, which oversees US military action in South America and Central Asia.