President Donald J. Trump Approves Texas Emergency Declaration

WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Texas to supplement state and local response efforts to the emergency conditions in the area affected by Tropical Storms Marco and Laura, beginning Aug. 23, 2020, and continuing. The President's action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, to save lives, to protect...

August 24, 2020

FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for August 24, 2020 Significant Activity - Aug 23-24, 2020 National Current Operations & Monitoring Significant Incidents or Threats: •  Tropical Cyclones Laura & Marco - Preparations and Response•  Wildfire Activity•  COVID-19 Tropical Activity: •  Atlantic:    ○  Tropical Cyclone Laura   ○  Tropical Cyclone Marco•  Eastern Pacific:    ○  Disturbance 1: High (90%)   ○  Disturbance 2: High (80%)•  Central Pacific: No activity affecting U.S. interests•  Western Pacific: No activity affecting U.S. interests Declaration Activity:    ○  Request: Emergency Declarations - TX   ○  Approved: Emergency Declaration - LA...

August 23, 2020

FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for August 23, 2020 Significant Activity - Aug 22-23, 2020 National Current Operations & Monitoring Significant Incidents or Threats: •  Tropical Cyclones Laura & Marco•  Wildfire Activity•  COVID-19 Tropical Activity: •  Atlantic:    ○  Tropical Cyclone Laura   ○  Tropical Cyclone Marco•  Eastern Pacific:    ○  Disturbance 1: High (80%)   ○  Disturbance 2: High (70%)•  Central Pacific:    ○  Disturbance 1: Low (10%)•  Western Pacific: No activity affecting U.S. interests Declaration Activity:    ○  Approved: Major Disaster - CA   ○  Approved: Emergency Declaration - PR   ○  Approved: FMAG...

August 22, 2020

FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for August 22, 2020 Significant Activity - Aug 21-22, 2020 National Current Operations & Monitoring Significant Incidents or Threats: •  Tropical Cyclones Laura & Marco•  Wildfire Activity•  COVID-19 Tropical Activity: •  Atlantic:    ○  Tropical Cyclone Laura   ○  Tropical Cyclone Marco   ○  Disturbance 1: Low (20%)•  Eastern Pacific:    ○  Tropical Cyclone Genevieve   ○  Disturbance 1: High (70%)   ○  Disturbance 2: Medium (40%)•  Central Pacific:    ○  Disturbance 1: Low (30%)•  Western Pacific: No activity affecting U.S. interests Declaration Activity:    ○  Amendment 1 - FEMA-4556-DR-AR   ○ ...

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image Incident Period: August 20, 2020 Declaration Date: August 20, 2020 If and when financial assistance is approved for this disaster, it will be displayed here. Information is updated every hour. Original linkOriginal author: Anonymous

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image Incident Period: August 20, 2020 Declaration Date: August 20, 2020 If and when financial assistance is approved for this disaster, it will be displayed here. Information is updated every hour. Original linkOriginal author: Anonymous

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image Incident Period: August 19, 2020 Declaration Date: August 19, 2020 If and when financial assistance is approved for this disaster, it will be displayed here. Information is updated every hour. Original linkOriginal author: Anonymous

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image Incident Period: August 10, 2020 Declaration Date: August 19, 2020 If and when financial assistance is approved for this disaster, it will be displayed here. Information is updated every hour. Original linkOriginal author: Anonymous

FEMA Announces Lost Wages Grant for Texas

WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor approved Texas for a FEMA grant under the Lost Wages Assistance program. FEMA’s grant funding will allow Texas to provide $300 per week -- on top of their regular unemployment benefit -- to those unemployed due to COVID-19. FEMA will work with Texas Governor Greg Abbott to implement a system to make this funding available to Texas residents. On Aug. 8, 2020, President Trump made available up to $44 billion from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to Americans who have lost wages due to the...

August 21, 2020

FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for August 21, 2020 Significant Activity - Aug 20-21, 2020 National Current Operations & Monitoring Significant Incidents or Threats: •  Wildland Fire Activity – CA, CO •  COVID-19 Tropical Activity: •  Atlantic:    ○  Tropical Depression Thirteen   ○  Tropical Depression Fourteen   ○  Disturbance 1: Medium (50%)•  Eastern Pacific:    ○  Tropical Cyclone Genevieve   ○  Disturbance 1: Medium (50%)   ○  Disturbance 2: Low (20%)•  Central Pacific:    ○  Disturbance 1: Low (10%)   ○  Disturbance 1: Low (20%)•  Western Pacific: No activity affecting U.S. interests Declaration Activity:    ○ ...

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