The Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act calls for changes to how FEMA prepares for disasters, by increasing funding and ...

According to FEMA the federal government typically covers up to 75% of hazard mitigation costs when a federal disaster is ...

Former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Michael Brown said that Congress should give the disaster relief agency back its “independent agency status,” allowing it ...

“FEMA PAYOUTS: North Carolina Working Class Hurricane Survivors: $750,” reads text in the post. “California Millionaires with Disaster Insurance: $25,000." A logo in the upper lefthand ...

Criswell, the outgoing FEMA administrator, sits for an exit interview with ABC. Whether it is a hurricane, major tornado, wildfire or anything in between, disasters "don't discriminate" in where ...

Hawes says after failing to get any help over the FEMA hotline she came to one of the FEMA pop-up locations. She says a FEMA representative deleted the fake claim and helped them file a new one.

Their advice boils down to two points: You don’t need to settle for whatever your insurance company or FEMA first offers you. And you don’t have to fight them alone. Photograph the damage to ...

However, victims have to be careful when using crowdsourcing to raise money because it could affect the money they can get from FEMA. More than 12,000 structures have been destroyed or damaged in ...