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President Biden issued a disaster declaration for Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the island territory continued reeling from the impacts of Hurricane Fiona. “Today, I approved an Expedited Major ...
Ernesto, now a large Category 1 hurricane, is continuing to douse Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with flooding rain Wednesday as it pulls away and heads north over the Atlantic’s open waters ...
This is a list of United States federal Disaster/Emergency Declarations, managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. [1] [2] This list does not differentiate between States, Territories and Tribal Nations.
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Office of Emergency Management - City of San Juan - Weapons of Mass Destruction - Emergency Response truck in 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The agency coordinates tsunami exercises with ham radio operators. [4] Abner Gomez was the agency's managing director when Hurricane Maria hit and knocked out power to the entire island, [5] but resigned ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders on April 1, 1979. [1]
U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, a North Carolina Republican, put out a statement Tuesday debunking "outrageous rumors" that FEMA is halting trucks from bringing in supplies, abandoning rescue efforts to bulldoze the mountain town of Chimney Rock, is running out of money and more. FEMA also has set up a website debunking conspiracy theories.
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Tropical Storm Ernesto for Wednesday, Aug. 14. For the latest news on Ernesto as it moves across the Caribbean, view USA TODAY's story on the storm ...