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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image Incident Period: August 18, 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

August 20, 2020

FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for August 20, 2020 Significant Activity - Aug 19-20, 2020 National Current Operations & Monitoring Significant Incidents or Threats: •  Wildland Fire Activity – CA, CO •  Critical Fire Weather – Portions of CA, NV, ID, and MT•  COVID-19 Tropical Activity: •  Atlantic:    ○  Tropical Depression Thirteen   ○  Disturbance 1: High (90%)   ○  Disturbance 2: Medium (40%)•  Eastern Pacific:    ○  Tropical Cyclone Genevieve (CAT 3)   ○  Disturbance 1: Medium (50%)•  Central Pacific:    ○  Disturbance 1: Low (10%)   ○  Disturbance 1: Low (10%)•  Western Pacific:...

August 19, 2020

FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for August 19, 2020 Significant Activity - Aug 18-19, 2020 National Current Operations & Monitoring Significant Incidents or Threats: •  Isolated to Scattered Dry Thunderstorms – Central Great Basin to Northern Plains•  Critical Fire Weather – Northern California and Central Great Basin•  Industrial Fire – TX•  Earthquake – CA •  COVID-19 Tropical Activity: •  Atlantic:    ○  Disturbance 1: High (80%)   ○  Disturbance 2: High (90%)   ○  Disturbance 3: Low (20%)•  Eastern Pacific:    ○  Tropical Cyclone Genevieve (CAT 3)   ○  Disturbance 1: Medium (50%)•  Central Pacific:...

FEMA Announces Lost Wages Grant to Oklahoma

WASHINGTON -- On August 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 COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the state of Oklahoma agreed to administer a lost wages program for its citizens who are unemployed due to COVID-19. FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor approved Oklahoma for a FEMA grant under this unprecedented program. FEMA’s grant funding will allow Oklahoma to provide those unemployed due to COVID-19 $300 per week on top of their regular unemployment benefit. ...

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image Incident Period: August 16, 2020 Declaration Date: August 17, 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 17, 2020 Declaration Date: August 18, 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 18, 2020 Declaration Date: August 18, 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 14, 2020 Declaration Date: August 15, 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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