FEMA News

Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency are in South Dakota to coordinate a relief effort in the wake of a 3-day ice and snow storm last month.

A massive tornado has cut a swath of destruction across the suburbs of Oklahoma City, according to published media reports, leaving at least 51 people dead.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, according to ABC News Radio: "We want to do everything we can to search through these damaged areas, especially before it gets dark or before we have any more storms that might come through." President Obama has told Oklahoma Gov.

Clarksville Citizens, you may have read recently that the costs to customers of Clarksville Gas and Water are going up to cover the debt that was taken out to rebuild the Waste Water Treatment Plant after the 2010 Flood.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and its federal partners, including the National Weather Service, continue to closely monitor the effects of severe weather that has impacted the Central United States, including parts of central Oklahoma and Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.

ORTLEY BEACH - Nearly seven months after Hurricane Sandy, one of the Jersey Shore communities hit hardest by the Oct.

The State Emergency Operations Center is activated due to severe storms in the state.

As recommended by Summit County Engineer Alan Brubaker, the Board of Trustees approved hiring Jim Gangle Excavating, in the amount of $46,855, to conduct demolitions under the grant program, at the May 9 meeting.

The State/FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in West, Texas will be open Sunday, May 19 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The DRC will resume normal hours Monday, May 20.

Seaside Heights mayor Bill Akers walks a reporter around the 400 block of Hiering Avenue.

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Buckets and bowls are stacked in a corner of Ron and Linda Potwin's living room, ready to catch rainwater from a leaking roof.

Two years ago, Grady County was hit by an earthquake. If another earthquake hit, would south Georgia be ready? "We haven't faced very many earthquakes in this area," said Jim Ellis, Grady County Emergency Management Agency director, "but it is still important to prepare because we are on a fault line.

Well before Hurricane Sandy struck the shore area with unprecedented force, administrators at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School were determined to take their emergency preparedness to the highest possible level.

The U.S. Inspector General's Office has agreed to hear complaints from Livingston Parish officials over the lack of Federal Emergency Management Agency funding for most of the Hurricane Gustav cleanup.

Residents were able to review proposed revised federal flood maps at a monthly meeting sponsored by Parish Councilman Gene Bellisario.

Florida Governor Rick Scott says that he's concerned that cuts to the National Guard will impact immediate relief to the state in the event of a hurricane.

Oak Forest residents affected by last month's flooding could be eligible for federal disaster aid, according to the city's website.

A federal/state Disaster Recovery Center will open at 9 a.m. Friday, May 17, in Marseilles for residents of LaSalle County to meet face-to-face with disaster recovery specialists, officials said today.

Their furniture was destroyed; their new holding tank, furnace and hot water heater tossed and swirled within their inundated basement until they were crushed like cans.