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President Trump walks with FEMA Administrator William "Brock" Long, second from right, and Lt. Gen. Jeff Buchanan as he tours an area affected by Hurricane Maria in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 3, 2017.
For over 16 hours on Sept. 20, 2017, Angel Cartagena and his wife, Socorro Mollet, hid in the bathroom of their home as Hurricane Maria passed over the coastal Puerto Rican barrio of Camino Nuevo in the municipality of Yabucoa.
Roberto Figueroa Caballero holds a printed photo taken on Oct. 5, 2017 of him amid his seaside home that was destroyed by Hurricane Maria, as he stands on the same property with his pet dog in the La Perla neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 29, 2018. Figueroa, who found a job at a pizzeria, aims to rebuild his home and is appealing FEMA's second rejection of his application.
Although a new hurricane season is here, many Cape Coral and Southwest Florida home owners are still feeling the affects of last year's historical storm. Lee County residents, almost nine months after Hurricane Irma blew through, are still maneuvering through insurance companies, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Small Business Administration disaster loans to return their property to its pre-hurricane state.
Zachary Dearing, who became a local hero for being an impromptu leader of an evacuation center during Hurricane Harvey last year, speaks dur ROCKPORT, Texas - Destroyed houses still dot Zachary Dearing's neighborhood in the Texas coastal city of Rockport, a reminder of last year's devastation from Hurricane Harvey and a warning about what could lie ahead for such communities in the new hurricane season. Dearing, a 30-year-old harbor worker and aspiring screenwriter, was trapped in a local storm shelter during Harvey last August and was later hailed as a hero for leading care for about 120 people.
FEMA Administrator Brock Long speaks during a news conference at the National Hurricane Center, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in Miami. FEMA Administrator Brock Long speaks during a news conference at the National Hurricane Center, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in Miami.
In this May 24, 2018 photo from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, lava erupts from a fissure in the Leilani Estates neighborhood near Pahoa on the island of Hawaii. Three lava flows from eruptions of Kilauea volcano are now flowing into the ocean off Hawaii's Big Island.
Lava was caught on camera spouting out of the ground in Leilani Estates, on Hawaii's Big Island, on Wednesday. The Kilauea volcano has opened more than 20 vents in the ground that have released lava, sulfur dioxide and steam.
As the people of Puerto Rico repair and rebuild homes, FEMA has teamed with National Lumber and Kmart to provide free information and tips on how to make homes stronger and safer. Carr.
Foster City residents face a choice in whether they want to pay to fund a new levee required by federal and regional officials or face an increase in flood insurance for those with federally backed mortgages. The cost, per average homeowner is about $270 a year, whereas flood insurance would be in the thousands per year.
Barbour County has been awarded $7,858 in federal funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program.
With the 2017 historic hurricane season in the rearview mirror, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is asking residents in the southeast to begin preparing for 2018. "While the Atlantic hurricane season officially starts June 1, the best time to make preparations is now, before the Atlantic and Gulf become more active and a storm threatens," said FEMA Regional Administrator Gracia Szczech.
If you live in one of the nine Indiana counties designated for disaster assistance and experienced property damage or loss caused by storms and flooding on February 14 - March 4, 2018, register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster assistance - even if you have insurance. Eligible counties include Carroll, Clark, Elkhart, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Lake, Marshall and St. Joseph.
Last year, thousands of pets were displaced during Hurricanes Irma and Harvey and more than 600,000 pets were displaced or killed during Hurricane Katrina. It's common to make plans for human family members for things like tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural disasters.
With the official start of hurricane season just a few short weeks away, disaster response agencies are sharpening their response skills. On Monday, Atlantic Shores Retirement Community in Virginia Beach was the site of a full-scale exercise testing procedures by emergency responders.
According to Kim Carver, director of the Scioto County Emergency Management Agency, about 50 representatives from communities around Scioto County attended what was dubbed by Cassie Ringsdorf, a spokeperson for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as an applicant briefing, the first step in gaining reimbursement for money spent responding to and recovering from severe storms, flooding and landslides that slammed the area Feb. 14-25.
Flood insurance -- the costs, benefits, risks and rewards of the federally backed program -- is a familiar topic to Louisianians. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Louisiana Flood of 2016 drove home its advantages as well as its outrages -- the latest being that as much as two thirds of the money paid by property owners for coverage goes to private insurance companies and the lawyers who are hired to fight claims.