Northeastern HAZUS User Group (NEHUG)
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- Connecticut Department of Emergency Management
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Jonathan Salomon
Northeast States Emergency Consortium
1 West Water Street
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Wakefield, MA 01880
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News from Region I
An RSS feed with up to the minute announcements and information from FEMA.
- Federal Share'08 Ice Storm Relief Nears $80 Million
- BOSTON, MA On the evening of December 11, 2008, one of the largest ice storms in decades struck the Northeast. Overnight, the storm wrought havoc on the region, leaving more than 1.4 million without power and costing government agencies almost $80 million for response and recovery efforts in four New England states.
- FEMA Flood Insurance Forum Scheduled for Provincetown and Surrounding Communities
- BOSTON, Mass. -- Representatives from the U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will meet with officials and residents of Provincetown, and surrounding communities at 6:00 pm on Thursday, November 12, 2009, for a public forum on flood insurance and updated Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps. The forum will take place at The Center for Coastal Studies, 5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown.
- FEMA Flood Maps Communicate the Flood Risk in New England
- BOSTON, Mass. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has presented draft flood risk maps to communities in the following Massachusetts counties: Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Hampden, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester and Essex.
- $2.5 Million in Disaster Aid Helping Maine Communities
- BOSTON, Mass. -- Since the July 30 federal disaster declaration in Maine for summer flooding, FEMA has approved over $2.5 Million to fund more than 300 Public Assistance projects. Federal and state staff continue to work with local officials in formulating and funding the remaining projects.
- FEMA Community Education Specialists Participate In Lowes Safety Saturday Event
- BOSTON, Mass. -- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) community education specialists will be participating in Lowe's Safety Saturday. This information-sharing, public safety, preparedness event will be held Saturday, September 26, 10am - 2pm, in Augusta, ME.
- Flood Aid to Maine Tops $1 Million
- AUGUSTA, Maine -- More than $1.2 million in federal aid has been disbursed to help communities recover from the flooding that devastated areas of Maine this summer.
- President Declares Major Disaster For Maine
- 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 Maine to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding, and landslides during the period of June 18 to July 8, 2009.
Last updated: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:48:08 EDT
