FEMA News

Even though Visalia residents have been seeking a deadline extension, new flood maps will take effect June 16 as planned, the Federal Emergency Management Agency notified Rep.

Residents in the city of Eagle are finally getting some relief after a springtime flood that damaged homes and businesses.

State and federal officials said government is ready and willing to help when disaster strikes, but that Delawareans have to do their part in preparing for emergencies.

They're accused of trying to scam the government in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

On September 11, 2001, there were several live national defense exercises running when the events of 9/11 began unfolding.

Louisiana won't have to pick up a share of the cost for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's immediate response and recovery operations after Hurricane Ike.

An eastern Iowa city ravaged by flooding has picked its flood-recovery director, pending approval from the city council.

The county's biggest move to alleviate some of its financial burden - the transition to the unit system of maintaining roads and bridges - could be put off until the new fiscal year, officials said this week.

Audubon sues FEMA over issuance of flood insurance in Oregon The Audubon Society of Portland and other environmental groups are suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency over its issuance of flood insurance in Oregon, saying the government doesn't adequately consider the effect of floodplain development on wild salmon and steelhead.

Allegany County officials on Thursday said misspending by the Federal Emergency Management Agency wouldn't impact the existing relationship between the two governments.

After discrepancies in communities across New York prompted questions about the accuracy of FEMA's new flood map plans, the Government Accountability Office will look into the matter, U.S. Sen.

A 57-year-old Houston man has been sentenced for hurricane-related fraud involving a house in the 4000 block of Lakeview Cutoff St.

About 100 people who live in a mobile home park along the Snohomish River are being told they have to move.

More than three months after it opened, the mobile home park at Schreiber Field in Galveston is still only half full.

Flooding disasters don't just affect people - they also affect pets, and pets depend on people for their safety.

Residents have three months to obtain flood insurance at a reduced rate before new elevation maps are introduced.

Four years since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, there are still nearly 3,000 mobile homes and trailers across the Gulf Coast housing victims of that disaster.

The city of Blytheville will get just more than $2 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay for repairs and cleanup after the January 27th ice storm.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is awarding $235,000 in aid so far to victims of flooding on the Yukon River this spring.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission hopes to start construction of a new water control structure at Champion Mill State Historical Park late this summer or early fall.