Sentences with phrase «on federal disaster»

Flood insurance is far better protection than depending on federal disaster assistance, which is available only if a disaster is federally declared.

Some folks mistakenly believe they can rely on federal disaster aid if a severe earthquake strikes their area.

More specifically, it focuses on the federal disaster relief Schumer said he's championed over the past six years.

Also at 6:30 p.m., Rep. Nydia Velázquez hosts a resource forum to provide an update on the federal disaster response in Puerto Rico, Mexico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Dominican Republic, featuring NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina, 309 47th St., Brooklyn.

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The EPA, a federal agency charged with safeguarding clean, livable air and water, funds and conducts research into the effects of climate change on public health, the environment, and natural disasters.

Specifically, Schweizer tells how on September 16, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke held a private meeting with legislators in which they reported that the economy was in deep trouble and predicted near - term disaster in the markets.

Federal agencies can also skip open bidding on larger contracts — those above $ 750,000 in disaster zones — if they can show that there's only a small number of vendors who can provide the service or product they need, or to extend a current contract, known as a «follow - on deal.»

The slow federal response, and President Trump's overall dismissiveness of the disaster, shed new light on the problem of having no real representation in Washington.

The federal government goes through at least three discrete stages when responding to a natural disaster on the scale of Hurricane Harvey.

«All of our plans on disaster recovery are premised with the federal government coming in with a big chunk of short - term FEMA money and then a big chunk of long - term bailout money,» said Edward Richards, director of the Louisiana State University Climate Change Law and Policy Project.

The federal government spent about $ 277 billion on relief aid from 2005 to 2014, responding to natural disasters like Harvey, according to a 2016 report from the federal Government Accountability Office.

On October 4, two weeks after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Trump finally sent Congress a request for $ 29 billion more for disaster victims in the mainland US, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands; $ 13 billion is set aside to replenish the shrinking FEMA disaster relief fund, and the rest will go to pay federal flood insurance claims.

Lackey is 35 years old, and his most recent residence was Williamson, W. Va., a small coal - mining town, where he worked for the Federal Government on a disaster - relief team.

After President Donald Trump used Twitter on Saturday to attack the mayor of San Juan for criticizing his administration's handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, a senior Puerto Rican official defended the federal government's response to the disaster.

Cuomo's schedule, released last night, included a meeting with House Speaker John Boehner, at which he was to be joined by three Republican lawmakers from New York — Reps. Bob Turner, Michael Grimm and Pete King, on whom the governor is leaning quite heavily as he pushes for the $ 42 billion worth of federal disaster aid he's seeking after Sandy.

Trump has also declared a major disaster in the U.S. Virgin Islands, making federal funds available to people on the island of St. Croix.

The president earlier Thursday approved a disaster declaration for Puerto Rico, making federal funds available to people and cities on the island.

FEMA opened three shelters on Staten Island to help residents apply for federal disaster relief.

Twenty - eight counties have received a major disaster declaration for the mid-March blizzard that blanketed parts of upstate New York, a step toward recouping millions of dollars in costs from the federal government, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday.

«And you try to reverse this trend of the federal government being involved in helping areas afflicted by natural disaster, it will boomerang on you,» Schumer said.

Twenty members of New York's House delegation are calling on President Obama to name seven six additional counties as disaster areas in order for them to be eligible for federal aid.

The President is closely monitoring the situation, and will be receiving regular updates on the scale of the disaster, as well as the Federal Government's humanitarian response, a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu disclosed on Friday.

More than a dozen counties impacted by flooding and tornadoes in June and July should be made eligible for federal disaster relief, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced.

If Oneida County is declared a disaster area, then at that time Federal Emergency Management Agency officials will be dispatched on the ground to distressed communities in within the county.

On July 17, 2013, in response to the impact of these floods and the lack of approved federal disaster aid for individual assistance, the Governor announced the creation of the Mohawk Valley and 2013 Upstate Flood Recovery Program.

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«Hurricane relief efforts depend heavily on action at the federal level, which can only occur if Texans residing in disaster zones have full and effective representation in Congress.»

Federal disaster aid will be available to counties across western New York and the Adirondacks that were impacted by the lake effect snowstorm that buried parts of the region last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office announced on Monday.

Based on damage estimates the impacted areas could be eligible for state aid but the threshold for a federal disaster declaration has not been met.

· An additional $ 20 million included in federal disaster declarations distributed on an as needed basis

Abbott on Monday also added seven counties, including Austin, to a federal disaster declaration granted by FEMA.

Nixon's visit to Hoosick Falls strikes at the legacy of an environmental disaster that brought widespread criticism on the response to the crisis by Cuomo's administration and subsequently resulted in areas of Hoosick Falls being declared as federal and state superfund sites.

For area residents and business which suffered damage from the November Lake Effect snow storm that dumped several feet of snow on parts of Western New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo is seeking a federal disaster declaration.

And on the East Side of Manhattan, the winner of a four - way Democratic primary was Jonathan L. Bing, a lawyer and Democratic state committeeman who was coordinator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster legal services program.

The measure would then have to be voted on in the House - where Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R - Virginia, has insisted any federal funding to deal with the recent spate of natural disasters be offset with cuts elsewhere in the federal budget.

WASHINGTON — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he's optimistic a federal disaster aid package will make it through Congress this year, but conceded he won few specific commitments as he made his case Monday at the White House and on Capitol Hill.

In addition, Jean represents her office on several federal committees and working groups addressing issues ranging from mitigating the risks posed by high consequence animal diseases, to animal rights extremist groups, and enhancing preparedness of pet owners in the event of a natural or man - made disaster.

Disaster - struck communities tend to rebuild from floods and violent storms using decisionmaking tools that rely too much on past data, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said yesterday.

And it's the reason that researchers dependent on federal money, and especially those in the physical sciences, are heaving huge sighs of relief over a disaster narrowly averted.

Reeves has studied the effect of natural disasters on voting patterns and has found that when a local official asks for federal aid after an earthquake, hurricane or tornado, that official gets a bump of a few points in the polls.

The spill also had a galvanizing effect on lawmakers who passed the federal 1990 Oil Pollution Act to help stave off a repeat of the disaster by increasing oversight, stiffening penalties, mandating contingency planning, and creating new research programs.

Biologists, chemists, psychologists and a range of other scientists wanted to study the environmental, economic and mental health consequences of the disaster; local scientists wanted to study the effects of the spill on their communities; and leaders at the local and federal government needed guidance on how to respond.

Federal disaster aid on the way Last week, the State Water Resources Control Board loosened some water quality standards in the delta in order to conserve water for users upstream.

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IAPSS thanks the AASA Advocacy team headed by Noelle Ellerson for their diligent efforts on Capitol Hill for spearheading a federal budget that adverted disaster for many services to our most needy students.

Issue: 23 U.S.C. 125 authorizes an Emergency Relief (ER) program for the repair or reconstruction of Federal - aid highways and of roads on Federal lands that have suffered serious damage as a result of natural disasters or catastrophic failures from an external cause.

It also builds on the disaster assistance efforts President Obama approved in the last several days, including major disaster declarations, which make federal assistance - like these emergency relief funds - available to supplement state and local response and recovery efforts.

The funds are the first to be allocated as part of the disaster relief package enacted on January 29, 2013, for the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program, which allows FTA to make grants for eligible public transportation capital and operating costs in the event of a federally declared disaster.

CARFAX states on 09/16/2005: This vehicle was registered in a county declared a flood disaster area by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

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