FEMA

This post will be updated today, Monday, March. 8, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida.

He was rumored to be under consideration. The post will go to a New York official.

Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz says he would answer the phone if called about leading the Federal Emergency Management Agency under President-elect Joe Biden.

Gov. Gavin Newsom says President Trump has approved some $350 million in wildfire recovery funds. A FEMA statement had said the state and local governments could handle the damage.

FEMA says pandemic-related funding is available from other sources, including millions of masks from Health and Human Services. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden blasts the policy change.

President Trump announced a series of executive orders to provide expanded unemployment benefits.

After months of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic across the nation, the Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has never been more ready for…

The agency usually provides funding for legal aid hotlines after disasters. But the White House has not approved such funding for those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Pete Gaynor has extensive experience at the local and state level dealing with natural disasters, but he faces something different now.

The agency is best known for coordinating aid after natural disasters such as hurricanes and tornadoes. But responding to the coronavirus pandemic is a very different job.

Tens of thousands of homeowners may now have to start paying hundreds of dollars or more each year in flood insurance, thanks to an update in maps that…

South Florida is getting new flood risk maps that are redrawing the lines for what property is in high-risk areas.The maps, set by the Federal Emergency…