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Glascock County, Georgia, received a $3.5 million check from FEMA to cover remaining cleanup costs from Hurricane Helene.
West Columbia officials have secured FEMA funding to repair parts of the city's riverwalk, which have remained closed since ...
The City of Augusta announced Monday it has reached a milestone in Hurricane Helene recovery, nine months after the storm ...
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - For months, a Simpsonville resident felt stuck in limbo with a mountain of Hurricane Helene debris that the state refused to remove. FOX Carolina pushed South ...
Aid groups, some of which helped after Hurricane Helene, are preparing to take on more responsibility when storms, floods and ...
Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders ...
May, FEMA had 1,952 trained staffers ready to deploy to disasters; a year earlier, it had 6,588. Meanwhile, NOAA has lost about 20% of staff, including hundreds of National Weather Service employees.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - FEMA is continuing to support recovery efforts in Georgia after the destruction caused by ...
There are a lot of misperceptions about FEMA's role in disaster recovery, what it pays for and what residents in hurricane-hit areas can expect. Here's a closer look.
Hurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in ways that will affect the hazards residents face far into the future.
Helene killed at least 107 people in the state and caused nearly $60 billion in damages to homes, businesses and ...