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The Village will hold a Floodplain Management Workshop next week to give residents and homebuilders an opportunity to discuss stricter flood mitigation requirements for new construction and major remodeling projects. The workshop, set for Thursday, May 4, at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers, will also address resiliency and flood prevention as a whole.
Federal authorities say 1,200 companies were scammed by a Florida man who charged them $500 fees to register them with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for preferred treatment on contract bidding. The Tampa Bay Business Journal reports that 48-year-old Michael Pirolo of Palm Harbor pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.
FEMA manufactured housing units line the interior of Leo's Park located at 4250 Blount Road, Thursday, February 23, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. Everett Wilson, 84, died in October from hyperthermia inside of an MHU on this lot.
LIVE OAK, FLA., Apr. 14, 2017 Area residents and governments will have the opportunity to review updated mapping information to better prepare and protect homeowners and communities in the event of flooding. The Suwannee River Water Management District , Federal Emergency Management Agency and Florida Department of Emergency Management are hosting open house meetings for residents and officials in Dixie, Levy and Taylor counties during the month of April to review the proposed Flood Insurance Rate Maps and answer questions.
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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.
US senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island were among the lawmakers from both parties who on Thursday were publicly questioning whether the potential cuts to the Coast Guard that were reported by the New York Times, Politico and other media outlets would serve Trump's stated goals. Terry McAuliffe says President Trump would be "foolish" to cut the Coast Guard's budget to help fund a wall along the U.S. -Mexico border.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the State of Nevada to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms, flooding, and mudslides from January 5 to January 14, 2017.
On Friday, the governor turned to his potential nemesis for help - specifically, asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to declare a major disaster after the state was hammered by storms , floods and mudslides. The request could be an early test of relations between the Democrats who run the nation's largest state and the new Republican administration.
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.
Crews are still working to clean up the damage and restore power after storms rolled through Coolidge Tuesday night. Thousands of power outages were reported by Georgia Power.
Press Secretary Sean Spicer says the White House is monitoring the severe weather going through Louisiana. He says President Donald Trump is aware of the situation and is going to be reaching out to local and state officials throughout the day.
Press Secretary Sean Spicer says the White House is monitoring the severe weather going through Louisiana. He says President Donald Trump is aware of the situation and is going to be reaching out to local and state officials throughout the day.
Part of the grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be used by the Nicholas County school district to secure temporary facilities destroyed or damaged during flooding last June. The state will also use part of the funds in Nicholas County for emergency protective measures for demolition of Richwood Middle School and Richwood High School.
Hundreds of property owners in Morgan and Limestone counties could face buying flood insurance as a result of proposed new federal flood zone maps. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps that show potential flood hazard areas in each county.
A congressional committee that oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency in December wrote the agency's director demanding answers about the mistaken use of a deadly toxin at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston. In that Dec. 23 letter, a copy of which was forwarded to The Star on Tuesday, bipartisan committee leaders ask FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate to respond to several questions about the agency's handling and knowledge of the problem that resulted in almost 9,600 civilian firefighters, nurses and emergency medical personnel being exposed to the deadly toxin.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday said it has secured reinsurance for the National Flood Insurance Program effective Jan. 1, 2017, through Jan. 1, 2018, through a consortium of 25 reinsurers. Under the program, which was arranged through Guy Carpenter & Co.
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In early October residents of Lenoir County experienced one of the worst floods in the state's history Hurricane Matthew. The Neuse River reached flood levels just days after Hurricane Matthew hit Eastern North Carolina and peaked Oct. 14 at 28.31 feet, passing the previous 27.71-foot record set by Hurricane Floyd on Sept.