SALT LAKE CITY – Utah homeowners and renters in Salt Lake and Davis counties who had uninsured losses from the March 18 earthquake may be eligible for federal disaster assistance from FEMA.

FEMA has programs that provide financial help with temporary housing expenses, basic home repairs and other essential disaster-related needs.

ORLANDO, Fla. – FEMA has approved $1,663,132 for the State of Florida to help the City of Lake Worth defray the costs of repairs to the city’s electrical distribution system after Hurricane Irma.

ORLANDO, Fla. – FEMA has approved a grant of $1,203,034 for the State of Florida to help the Town of Davie defray the costs of preparing for and responding to Hurricane Irma.

 

OAKLAND, Calif. – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $2.1 million to the Los Angeles Unified School District (L.A. Unified) to earthquake retrofit Garvanza Elementary School, making the buildings safer and less prone to major structural damage during an earthquake.

ORLANDO, Fla. – FEMA has approved $1,722,804 for the State of Florida to help the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County defray costs resulting from Hurricane Irma.

ORLANDO, Fla. – FEMA has approved $2,950,894 for the State of Florida to help the City of Pembroke Pines defray the costs of removing debris after Hurricane Irma.

FEMA Public Assistance funds will reimburse the city for expenses incurred removing more than 162,000 cubic yards of debris from public roads, property and rights-of-way throughout the city after the September 2017 storm.

ORLANDO, Fla. – FEMA has approved a grant of $6,309,625 for the State of Florida to help the City of Marathon defray the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by Hurricane Irma.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — FEMA has approved two projects totaling $46,768,207 to reimburse the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for debris removal activities following Hurricane Michael.

 

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A public notice is now available that addresses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) intention to reimburse eligible applicants for costs to repair or replace facilities damaged by Hurricane Michael (FEMA-DR-4399-FL) occurring October 7, 2018 to October 19, 2018.

 

This notice concerns the Public Assistance (PA) project for Gulf County’s emergency dune construction.

 

GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico – About 1,150 local FEMA employees do their part every day help in the transformation of the island after the devastation left by hurricane María. In addition, they work closely with a team of 154 employees from the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (COR3). This investment in human resources represents a generational opportunity for Puerto Rico's recovery.

DENVER – Wildfire season is once again raging, and areas throughout the West are feeling the impact. Once the fires are out, people and communities are at risk for another threat, flooding.  Wildfires leave the ground charred and unable to absorb water. This creates a flash flooding potential for years to come, even in areas that rarely experienced flooding in the past. Sometimes these flash floods can pick up ash and large debris, turning into mudflows that are highly destructive.

PONCE, Puerto Rico – More than $104 million in federal disaster assistance is helping fuel the recovery of Puerto Rico residents and businesses that suffered damage from the earthquakes that began Dec. 28.

Lansing, Mich.

CANTON, Miss. – More than $17 million in federal grants and loans has been disbursed to homeowners, renters and businesses in northern Mississippi since severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding ravaged the area on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020.

CANTON, Miss. – President Donald J. Trump signed a declaration on July 10 designating 11 Mississippi counties eligible for federal disaster assistance for damage suffered in the severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding that hit the state April 22-23, 2020.

Amite, Claiborne, Covington, George, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lawrence, Pike, Simpson, Smith and Wayne counties are covered under the declaration.

OAKLAND, Calif. – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has granted $5 million to the State of California to demolish the Chrysler Stormwater Pump Station in Menlo Park and replace it with three new pumps to protect the city against a 100-year flood event and future sea level rise.

Over $600,000 of these funds are earmarked for the Puerto Rico Port Authority

GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico – FEMA and the Puerto Rico Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience, or COR3, announced the obligation of over $14 million in additional grants for 74 projects related to the recovery and reconstruction of Puerto Rico after Hurricane María. Of these funds granted between July 3 and July 9, 65 allocations will go towards permanent work projects throughout the island.

BOTHELL, Wash. – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Road 11 Fire in Washington’s Douglas County.

 

CHICAGO – Michigan residents affected by the severe storms and flooding of May 16 – 22, 2020, may now call or go online to register for disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), according to state and federal officials.

Following is a summary of key federal disaster aid programs that can be made available under President Donald J. Trump's disaster declaration issued for the state of Arkansas.