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Local residents impacted by Hurricane Matthew have more time to register for assistance, so officials want everyone to get registered and know the facts about receiving aid. The deadline to register for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency is Jan. 9. That's a month beyond the original Dec. 9 registration deadline.
The cost to build new schools in at least one Texas city could rise as much as 30 percent as officials look to comply with new building codes requiring storm shelters. Fort Worth leaders are expected to adopt an updated code based in part on Federal Emergency Management Agency recommendations that new schools with at least 50 students have a designated shelter.
Before the floods came, Ashleigh Dickerson's family lived in a three-bedroom house on a private road with plenty of room for her children to play. These days, the school bus drops her 10-year-old daughter off at a motel in Denham Springs, La., where a parking lot next to a truck stop is the closest thing to a playground.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency has authorized federal funds to reimburse costs to Kentucky to fight the Southeastern Kentucky Fire Complex burning in Harlan, Knox, Letcher, and Pike counties. This authorization makes FEMA grant funding available to reimburse 75 percent of the eligible firefighting costs for managing, mitigating and controlling the fire.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Sunday that FEMA has authorized federal funds to reimburse costs to North Carolina to battle the Chestnut Knob Fire burning in Burke County. According to the release, the authorization makes FEMA grant funding available to reimburse up 75% of firefighting costs for managing, mitigating and controlling the fire.
In the latest roadblock for homeowners with failing foundations, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied Gov. Dannel P. Malloy 's request for assistance, for a second time. In a Nov. 8 letter, FEMA administrator Craig Fugate said the agency could not provide funding or open a field office in north central Connecticut, as Malloy had requested for homeowners, but will make a senior liaison available to facilitate the state's options with other federal agencies.
Hampton County residents are invited to a disaster assistance town hall meeting this Wednesday night at the Hampton County Recreation Department. Representatives from the State of South Carolina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Small Business Administration and other public and private agencies will be present to answer questions, to explain disaster assistance programs and to help residents with applications for aid.
Livingston Parish Assessor Jeff Taylor says his office so far has found 45 percent of the parish's homes and businesses flooded in August, a figure much lower than the initial 80 percent estimate. Nevertheless, Taylor and other officials believe there may be more flood-damaged buildings among the 51,700 structures in the parish.
Taking advantage of federal and state funds, Effingham County commissioners agreed Monday to hire debris removal and monitoring companies to clean up after Hurricane Matthew. Clint Hodges, the director of the county's Emergency Management Agency, said the county will be reimbursed more funding if it cleans up the debris quickly - up to 85 percent of the cleanup cost by FEMA and 13 percent by the state.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency declaration was announced Thursday. The counties are Adams, Chippewa, Clark, Crawford, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland and Vernon.
Des Plaines officials say government buyouts of seven flood-prone homes near the Des Plaines River finally will proceed, after more than a year in limbo due to the state budget stalemate. The seven homeowners were among the first in town to seek voluntary federal government buyouts after floodwaters ravished their properties in 2008 and 2013.
The Los Angeles River flows beneath the Golden State Freeway near the interchange with the 134 Freeway in Glendale. Federal officials have expanded their estimate of the number of homes and businesses along the Los Angeles River that could be inundated by a flood north of downtown.
Tiajuana Williams lives in a one-story apartment building in Princeville, North Carolina, that was flooded by a river bulging with rainwater from Hurricane Matthew. Before driving out of town in her Honda Civic ahead of the storm, she hurriedly packed a small bag with little more than a change of clothes.
The Sierra Front Interagency Fire Center reported Friday night the fire was continuing to burn out of control with zero containment in the Washoe Valley about 8 miles north of Carson City. It broke out at about 1:30 a.m. Friday in an area where a controlled burn was conducted earlier this week.
A Disaster Recovery Center has opened in Hernando County to help survivors affected by Hurricane Hermine's severe storms and flooding that severely impacted the state between Aug. 31 and Sept. 11, 2016.
Coker runs Genung's Fish Camp and Marina on the shore of the Matanzas River, and saw storm surge from Hurrica... POOLER, Ga. - Waist-deep floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew coursed down the street in Pooler and seeped under Lori Galemore's doors, swamping the carpets and furniture as she and her three sons retreated upstairs, where they stayed until firefighters arrived by boat.
The President yesterday declared a major disaster exists in the State of Florida and ordered Federal aid to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the area affected by Hurricane Matthew beginning October 3, 2016, and continuing. Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work in the counties of Brevard, Duval, Flagler, Indian River, Nassau, St. Johns, St. Lucie, and Volusia.
The President yesterday declared a major disaster exists in the State of Georgia and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by Hurricane Matthew beginning October 4, 2016, and continuing. Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work in the counties of Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Glynn, Liberty, and McIntosh.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency urges residents to be prepared for severe, potentially record historic flooding as Hurricane Matthew continues to impact the eastern Carolinas. Hurricane Matthew remains a dangerous storm and FEMA urges residents in affected states to heed instructions from state, local, and tribal officials.
Big waves lapped against the shore of Jensen Beach as Hurricane Matthew approached Florida's east coast in the early hours of Friday. Forecasters warned the Category 4 storm could bring a storm surge and winds of up 120 mph to coastal communities in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.