Official website of the Department of Homeland SecurityOriginal linkOriginal author: earl.armstrong

WASHINGTON - The top priority of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its federal partners is to support the state and local communities in Texas to protect the life and safety of those in impacted areas.Tropical Storm Harvey remains a dangerous, long duration storm. This storm is hundreds of miles wide and is creating dangerous storm surge, flooding, sustained winds and tornadoes.All those in the areas affected by Tropical Storm Harvey should continue to follow the instructions of state, local, and tribal officials, including...

Official website of the Department of Homeland SecurityOriginal linkOriginal author: daniel.kuhns

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the State of Louisiana to supplement state, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions in the area affected by Tropical Storm Harvey beginning on August 27, 2017 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...

WASHINGTON – Late Friday, Hurricane Harvey intensified to a major Category 4 hurricane just before making landfall near Rockport, Texas and remains a dangerous storm.“The priorities right now are supporting states with: search and rescue, mass care, disaster medical services, temporary power, and life sustaining commodities” says FEMA Administrator Brock Long.  “Those in the path of the storm need to prepare for significant, ongoing impacts and disruptions to daily activities.”Friday, President Donald J. Trump issued a Major Disaster Declaration for the state of Texas, making federal funding available for emergency work...