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FEMA Monthly Update: Projects Completed, Started And Moving Along
BILOXI, Miss. -- The beacon of the Biloxi Lighthouse was turned on this past month for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, marking both an actual and symbolic step in Mississippi's rebuilding progress. The structure, renovated with assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Mississippi Management Agency, gleams as if new - as will much of the state when recovery work is completed.
Federal Aid Programs For North Carolina Disaster Recovery
Following is a summary of key federal disaster aid programs that can be made available as needed and warranted under President Obama’s major disaster declaration issued for North Carolina.
President Declares Major Disaster For North Carolina
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the state of North Carolina. The assistance will supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe winter storms and flooding during the period of December 18-25, 2009.
$201 Million In Federal Aid Scrapes Away Ice Damage In Kentucky
ATLANTA, Ga. -- The winter ice storm that crippled Kentucky last January has been plowed aside in the past twelve months largely by a big push of federal dollars into the Commonwealth. Nearly $201 million in reimbursement funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been approved to help public agencies cover disaster expenses.
Federal Aid Programs For State Of Alabama Disaster Recovery
Following is a summary of key federal disaster aid programs that can be made available as needed and warranted under President Obama’s major disaster declaration issued for Alabama. Assistance for the State and Affected Local Governments Can Include as Required: Payment of not less than 75 percent of the eligible costs for repairing or replacing damaged public facilities, such as roads, bridges, utilities, buildings, schools, recreational areas and similar publicly owned property, as well as certain private non-profit organizations engaged in community service activities. (Source: FEMA funded, state administered.) Payment of not less than 75 percent of the eligible costs for removing debris from public areas and for emergency measures taken to save lives and protect property and public health. (Source: FEMA funded, state administered.) Payment of not more than 75 percent of the approved costs for hazard mitigation projects undertaken by state and local governments to prevent or reduce long-term risk to life and property from natural or technological disasters. (Source: FEMA funded, state administered.)
President Declares Major Disaster for Alabama
The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Alabama to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding during the period of December 12-18, 2009.
Federal Dollars Continue To Flow Into New Orleans Regional Transit Authority Facilities
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) recently announced more than $10.8 million in public assistance funding to the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) for Katrina-related damages at two of its New Orleans facilities.

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