FEMA News
Slow Recovery for Puerto Rico After Hurricane, Earthquake
Puerto Rico is trudging through reconstruction work after two devastating hurricanes and a string of strong earthquakes, and has spent less than 10 percent of more than $23 billion in available ...New FEMA Rules Aim to Cut the Red Tape of Disaster Recovery
Anyone who has lived through a natural disaster and then applied to the federal government for assistance knows that it can be a lengthy, frustrating and bureaucratic ...
FEMA Adds Nearly $620M to Reinsurance Program
FEMA announced that the agency is transferring $619.5 million more of the National Flood Insurance Program's financial risk to the private reinsurance market as part of its 2024 reinsurance ...U.S. 2020-22 Billion-Dollar Disasters Near Decadal Averages; Building Codes Lag: FEMA
Between January 2020 and December 2022, 60 climate-related disasters, costing nearly $1 billion each, caused 1,460 fatalities and 2,939 injuries, according to data from the National Oceanic and ...Temporary Fix Keeps National Flood Insurance Operating, But Only Until Nov. 17
Real estate interests and insurance companies that administer National Flood Insurance Program policies are heaving a sigh of relief after Congress approved a last-minute ...