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Nov

25

FEMA Offers Free Rebuilding Tips at Local Home Improvement Stores

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AUSTIN, Texas – Disaster survivors affected by the severe storms and floods from Tropical Storm Imelda, can visit local home improvement stores in Houston and Pasadena from Monday, Nov. 25, to Saturday, Nov. 30, for rebuilding tips from mitigation experts. Mitigation specialists from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be on hand to answer questions about home repair, making disaster plans, putting together supply kits and the importance of flood insurance. Experts will not be in stores on Thanksgiving or on Friday, Nov. 29 (Black Friday). Assistance will be available at...

Nov

22

Best Practice: Flood Insurance points to brighter future, fosters new plans

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AUSTIN, Texas – Maddie and Charles Peddycoart know more about the costs associated with flood recovery than most. In the 19 years they’ve lived in their home in Hamshire, TX — about 60 miles east of Houston and 27 miles southwest of Beaumont — it has been flooded by storms four times: Hurricanes Rita (2005), Ike (2008), Harvey (2017) and Tropical Storm Imelda (2019). Rita and Ike left about 2 inches of water at the ground level of their home; they recovered quickly. But it was Harvey that provided a valuable...

Nov

19

Best Practice: Montgomery County post-storm home replacements stand the tests of time, weather hazards

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AUSTIN, Texas – A new life has literally been built for 54 residents of Montgomery County, Texas — residents whose mobile homes were damaged by the winds and rain of Hurricane Ike in 2008. Little did they know just how much that hurricane would change their lives. Montgomery County, once a mostly rural area, is now one of the fastest growing in the nation. And like many such changing counties around the United States, the availability of affordable housing presents a challenge. That didn’t deter Dr. Joanne Ducharme, director of Montgomery County...

Nov

18

FEMA Offers Free Rebuilding Tips at Local Home Improvement Stores

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AUSTIN, Texas – Disaster survivors affected by the severe storms and floods from Tropical Storm Imelda, can visit local home improvement stores in Houston, Pasadena and Webster for rebuilding tips from mitigation experts. Mitigation specialists from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be on hand to answer questions about home repair, making disaster plans, putting together supply kits and the importance of flood insurance. Assistance will be available at the following locations: HARRIS COUNTYLowe’s19935 Katy FreewayHouston, TX 77094Monday, Nov. 18 –Saturday, Nov. 30Monday, Nov. 18 – Saturday, Nov. 23 from 8...

Nov

17

November 17, 2019

FEMA Daily Operations Briefing

FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for November 17, 2019 Significant Incidents or Threats: • Coastal storm - Mid-Atlantic coast• Freezing rain - portions of Upper Great Lakes and Northeast• Critical Fire Weather/Red Flags Warnings - Southern CA Tropical Activity:• Atlantic: Disturbance 1: Low (30%)• Eastern Pacific: Tropical Depression Raymond; Tropical Depression Twenty-One-E• Central Pacific: No tropical cyclones are expected through the next 5 days • Western Pacific: No activity affecting U.S. interests Declaration Activity: None FEMA Daily Ops Briefing 11-17-2019.pdf Update Your E-mail Address | Change Delivery Preference | Update State and...

Nov

16

Saturday November 16, 2019

FEMA Daily Operations Briefing

FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Saturday November 16, 2019 Significant Incidents or Threats: • Coastal storm - Southeast Coast to Mid-Atlantic• Critical Fire Weather - Southern CA Tropical Activity:• Atlantic: Disturbance 1: Low (20%)• Eastern Pacific: Tropical Storm Raymond; Tropical Depression Twenty-One-E• Central Pacific: No tropical cyclones are expected through the next 5 days • Western Pacific: No activity affecting U.S. interests Declaration Activity: None FEMA Daily Ops Briefing 11-16-2019.pdf Update Your E-mail Address | Change Delivery Preference | Update State and Zip Code | Unsubscribe Subscribe to receive alerts during...

Nov

15

FACT SHEET: Citizenship Status and Eligibility for Disaster Assistance FAQ

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Q. If I am an undocumented immigrant, am I eligible for assistance for needs related to the disaster?A: Yes, you may be eligible under many different programs run by voluntary agencies for various types of assistance. Among these are:American Red Cross 866-438-4636 (English) 800-257-7575 (Spanish) Catholic Charities 888-744-7900 (English and Spanish) Q. How does my citizenship status affect my eligibility for disaster assistance?A: You do NOT have to be a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national or Qualified Alien to receive assistance. However, you must be a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national or Qualified Alien...

Nov

15

Santa Fe woman returns home with help from GLO, FEMA

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AUSTIN, Texas — Recovering from a hurricane can be a long, process. But if you stick to the process, it often pays off. “There were a few times I thought about giving up,” Sabrina Vanduser said as her grandmother moved into a brand new home. It is a lot to handle, especially [because] you have to get on with your life and do your other stuff.” In the long run, though, the time and effort resulted in a brand-new house for her grandmother Eleanore Glasgow in October. “We thought they would come in and...

Nov

15

November 15, 2019

FEMA Daily Operations Briefing

FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for November 15, 2019 Significant Incidents or Threats: None Tropical Activity:• Atlantic: No tropical cyclones are expected through the next 5 days • Eastern Pacific: Tropical Depression Twenty-E; Disturbance 1: Low (30%)• Central Pacific: No tropical cyclones are expected through the next 5 days • Western Pacific: No activity affecting U.S. interests Declaration Activity: None FEMA Daily Ops Briefing 11-15-2019.pdf Update Your E-mail Address | Change Delivery Preference | Update State and Zip Code | Unsubscribe Subscribe to receive alerts during disasters in your state....

Nov

14

GUJARATI TRANSLATION: હાર્વે વાવાઝોડાથી બચનારાઓ જો ઇમેલ્ડાથી અસરગ્રસ્ત થયા હોય તો સંઘીય સહાય માટે અરજી કરી શકે છે

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ઓસ્ટિન, ટેક્સાસ - જો તમે હાર્વે વાવાઝોડાથી નુકસાન થયું હોવાના કારણે સંઘીય સહાય માટે નોંધણી કરાવી લીધી હોય તો પણ, જો તમે ઉષ્ણકટિબંધીય તોફાન ઇમેલ્ડાથી અસરગ્રસ્ત થયા હોવ તો પણ તમે સહાય માટે નોંધણી કરાવી શકો છો. એક હોનારત માટે અરજી કરવા અને /અથવા સહાય પ્રાપ્ત કર્યા પછી સંઘીય સહાય બંધ થતી નથી. જો તમને અગાઉની, સંઘીય ઘોષિત હોનારત માટે સહાય મેળવી હોય તો પણ સહાય ઉપલબ્ધ થઈ શકે છે. એવા બચનારાઓ જેને હાર્વે વાવાઝોડા પછી સહાય માટે અરજી કરી છે અને જેઓને ઉષ્ણકટિબંધીય તોફાન ઇમેલ્ડાથી નુકસાનને થયું છે તઓએ સહાય...