Latest Federal Emergency Management Agency News
Massachusetts governor appeals denial of federal disaster aid for flooding
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Maura Healey is appealing a decision of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deny the state’s request for a major disaster declaration to support Massachusetts cities and towns battered by severe weather and flooding in September. Healey said the state...
California may have to pay $300M for COVID-19 homeless hotel program after FEMA caps reimbursement
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California cities and counties still don't know how much they'll have to pay for Gov. Gavin Newsom's pandemic program to house homeless people in hotel rooms after the Federal Emergency Management Agency said in October that it was limiting the number of days eligible for...
FEMA devotes more resources to outstanding claims filed by New Mexico wildfire victims
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Tuesday that it is devoting more resources to processing outstanding claims filed by victims of the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history. The 2022 blaze was caused by a pair of prescribed fires that were set by the U.S....
