updated Sun. April 7, 2024
-
Claims Journal
February 28, 2018
Texas launched a public online tool to track incoming and outgoing funds for Hurricane Harvey recovery on Monday, six months after the storm hit and two ... hotel vouchers and other forms of federal aid that has been disbursed so far – “a good start in achieving transparency” in a statement from the TexasÃÂ ...
New Jersey Herald
February 27, 2018
About 900,000 later applied for government recovery assistance. Federal records revealed it took nearly four times as long to house people in trailers after Harvey as it did following Hurricane Katrina, whose chaotic aftermath became a national scandal. Repairs to houses were also running months behindÃÂ ...
The Advocate
February 26, 2018
And Franklin Graham's charitable organization, Samaritan's Purse, provided aid that included trailers for many affected by the storm. What may be just as important, Billy Graham's ... And that's where the story of Billy Graham's post-Katrina visit to New Orleans would end. No scooter trip down to the FrenchÃÂ ...
New Jersey Herald
February 24, 2018
In this Jan. 30, 2018, photo, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, right, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Hurricane Harvey Coordinator, Kevin Hannes, left, are surrounded by local media in Nome Texas, while discussing a home damaged in the storm that is being repaired usingÃÂ ...
Houston Public Media
February 24, 2018
UPDATE: Turner Stresses Discrepancies With FEMA On Housing Assistance Six Months After Harvey, Launches Volunteer Program ... slow pace of federal aid and announced a new volunteer program to help as he assessed how Houston is recovering from Hurricane Harvey six months after it devastatedÃÂ ...
ABC News
February 23, 2018
Federal records reveal that it took nearly four times as long to house people in trailers after Harvey as it did following Hurricane Katrina, whose chaotic aftermath became a national scandal. Repairs to houses also are running months behind the pace following 2012's Super Storm Sandy and lower-profileÃÂ ...
Nonprofit Quarterly
February 8, 2018
After Hurricane Katrina, a bipartisan congressional investigation found that “failure to secure advance contracts led to chaos and potential for waste and fraud. ... Numerous organizations are now providing aid in the form of short-term interventions from acute hunger relief to solar lights and mobile phoneÃÂ ...
Black Enterprise
February 8, 2018
FEMA, Other Relief Efforts Post-Hurricane Harvey Exceed $12 Billion But Black Businesses Still Rebounding ... State and federal disaster assistance consists of aid from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants, United States Small Business Administration (SBA) low-interest disaster loans,ÃÂ ...
New York Times
February 8, 2018
The $90 billion disaster relief package outlined on Wednesday also includes aid for communities affected by hurricanes or wildfires in California, Florida, Texas and the Virgin Islands. ... The federal government is still spending money on Katrina assistance, more than 12 years after the storm's landfall.
Politico
February 6, 2018
... which houses FEMA — for documents related to Tribute and other failed hurricane-relief contracts. “It appears that the Trump administration's response to the hurricanes in Puerto Rico in 2017 suffered from the same flaws as the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005,” the pair said.
The Mountaineer
January 24, 2018
Charity Tracker, a new system that can identify duplicated services and delve into the reasons behind a request for assistance, has helped the nonprofit more carefully ... Charity Tracker was developed after Hurricane Katrina as a way to track who needed help, who had received it and who needed it next.
The Intercept
January 24, 2018
In the weeks after Irma hit, he appeared at the United Nations and on cable news, pledging to personally help with Barbuda's reconstruction and urging governments and international agencies to pony up aid and stand with the “vulnerable.” In interviews, De Niro did mention that he had a hotel project inÃÂ ...
The Straits Times
January 24, 2018
It was the RSAF's - then the Singapore Air Defence Command - first humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operation. ... 2005: Three CH-47 Chinook helicopters from Peace Prairie Detachment in Texas were deployed to assist in relief operations in Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Wellsville Daily Reporter
January 24, 2018
He served on the Yates County Airport Executive Council, was a First Responder for the Yates County Aviation Emergency Response Team, and served with the Red Cross providing on site emergency relief in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. He is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association,ÃÂ ...
Sole Collector
January 23, 2018
One of the more anticipated retros slated for 2018 is the first ever release of the "Katrina" Air Jordan 3—a shoe that was once auctioned off to raise money for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. While fans wait in anticipation, more images have surfaced ahead of the pair's May 2018 retail debut. These newÃÂ ...
The Oakland Press
January 23, 2018
It's the costliest in Puerto Rico's history and third costliest tropical cyclone on record behind Hurricane Katrina ($108 billion) and Hurricane Harvey ($125 ... As a member of the network, utility companies in need of assistance following a natural disaster receive aid in the form of personnel or equipment fromÃÂ ...
KSPR
January 8, 2018
Convoy of Hope, headquartered in Springfield, was on the front lines of the relief efforts. "The only thing that comes close to comparing to 2017 is Hurricane Katrina," Convoy of Hope spokesperson Jeff Nene said. Convoy gave out $12 million worth of food, water and supplies just in the back half of 2017 asÃÂ ...
Baraboo News Republic
January 6, 2018
The Baraboo Public Library, 230 Fourth Ave., Baraboo, will host two authors in January. Wisconsin writer Debbie McKinney, author of “Bringing Hope: A Disaster Relief Journey,” will share her first-hand experiences as a disaster relief worker in the aftermath of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy,ÃÂ ...
WLOX
January 5, 2018
Back then, FEMA didn't extend assistance to houses of worship. Leggett Memorial United Methodist Church in Biloxi was left with nothing, but a slab and its metal frame. Reverend Rachel Benefield-Pfaff of Leggett United Methodist Church in Biloxi wasn't the pastor when Hurricane Katrina hit her church,ÃÂ ...
Newsweek
December 28, 2017
It has been 100 days since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, and the U.S. territory is struggling with scarce resources and strained health care services, with ... But the messes that remain on the island have stalled many major relief efforts, and even the attempted recovery continues to bring new andÃÂ ...
Orlando Sentinel
December 27, 2017
The Disaster Housing Assistance Program is a much-needed, federal resource that has not been tapped in Florida. Developed from the hard-won lessons from Hurricane Katrina and subsequently refined during other disasters, DHAP overcomes the problems found in FEMA's more limited,ÃÂ ...
NBCNews.com
December 21, 2017
The push is part of Houston and Texas's request for Congress to approve a bill for $61 billion in federal assistance. Thus far the state has received $11 billion in federal disaster aid — far less than the nearly $115 billion of federal assistance provided after Hurricane Katrina or the $56 billion after HurricaneÃÂ ...
Capital Press
December 19, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Monday unveiled an $81 billion disaster aid package to help hurricane-ravaged communities and ... the total provided in response to this year's devastating round of hurricanes to more than $130 billion — exceeding the cost to taxpayers of Hurricane Katrina.
WWL
December 18, 2017
In spite of that, the S&WB has continued to approve increases to the fees, and Colorado-based CH2M Hill now stands to collect more than $28 million. Much of the $500 million FEMA and HUD approved for the S&WB after Hurricanes Katrina, Gustav and Isaac remains in Washington, D.C. That money wasÃÂ ...
Mason City Globe Gazette
December 7, 2017
Williams, a 23-year employee of Mercy including 12 in his current position, has served as a member of the Disaster Medical Assistance Team, commonly ... Williams said he assisted with the federal medical response after Hurricane Katrina and Fargo, North Dakota, flooding, as a member of DMAT, and heÃÂ ...
GQ Magazine
December 7, 2017
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, an ad hoc group of Louisianans calling themselves the Cajun Navy took their boats to Texas and started ferrying people to safety. As superstorms rock our coastlines with increasing frequency and underfunded government-relief agencies keep falling short, privateÃÂ ...
News-Herald.com
December 31, 1999
Greg Abbott pledged that the country's largest conservative state would lead its own recovery, streamlining federal aid to storm victims while avoiding the ... Federal records reveal that it took nearly four times as long to house people in trailers after Harvey as it did following Hurricane Katrina, whose chaoticÃÂ ...
CNN
December 31, 1999
(CNN) Before Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on September 20, there already was an unprecedented migration from the Caribbean island to the ... for aid related to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico -- indicating nearly everyone who asked FEMA for help under its Individual Assistance programs did not leaveÃÂ ...
NorthJersey.com
November 22, 2017
A benefit concert for Hurricane Harvey relief will be held at the Fair Lawn ... hundreds of dollars to help victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy.
Charleston Post Courier
November 22, 2017
Puerto Rico, for instance, just requested $94 billion in federal aid to address ... the process for obtaining disaster assistance is complex and daunting, and these ... for FEMA's Road Home program following Hurricane Katrina.
centraljersey.com
November 22, 2017
The original Operation Friends was formed in 2005 to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina in Biloxi, Miss. Operation Friends - this time, ...
UConn Today
November 21, 2017
Hurricane Aftermath: Lessons from Katrina that are Relevant Now ... location, the schools do not necessarily need to be the first line of assistance for children. ... To expect municipalities, the Red Cross, or other disaster relief ...
Dayton Daily News
November 7, 2017
Wright Patt hurricane relief flights in 2017 surpassed Katrina ... and 1.8 million pounds of relief aid and equipment to hurricane-ravaged coastal ...
So Md News
October 30, 2017
FEMA has taken Winterle to Texas for Hurricane Katrina relief, for wildfire recovery outside of Boston, to Kentucky for flood relief and more.
NOLA.com
October 29, 2017
... went to Puerto Rico to provide aid to those harmed by Hurricane Maria, says in ... know our government has the power to bring relief to those who are suffering. ... who studied the death toll following Hurricane Katrina, told Vox.com that ... and technological assistance to the island as it struggles to recover.
STLtoday.com
October 28, 2017
New Life Disaster Relief is back from helping hurricane victims in Texas, ... wife started the ministry organization the day after Hurricane Katrina.
Dallas News
October 25, 2017
Just weeks after Katrina made landfall in New Orleans in August 2005, ... major Medicaid relief, compared with the response under former Gov.
CNN
October 19, 2017
"It was probably the most difficult when you talk about relief, when you ... Trump's argument: Puerto Rico was first partially hit by Hurricane Irma ...
The Sun Herald
October 15, 2017
After Hurricane Katrina, Forrest County wanted the Federal Emergency ... for Katrina across the U.S. for “public assistance hurricane spending.
New York Times
October 14, 2017
When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast 12 years ago, inmates in Texas prisons told their wardens that they wanted to help.
MyPalmBeachPost
October 13, 2017
Aid worker: Katrina was a ripple compared to 'quagmire' in Puerto Rico .... Chris Worrell went to Puerto Rico with a disaster relief team from South Florida, ... media skirmishes over the federal efforts in response to Hurricane Maria. ... by cities, to local politicians' inability to direct emergency assistance, and ...
WTSP 10 News
October 3, 2017
A man who received thousands after Hurricane Katrina wants to know ... Unit discovered, just because FEMA gives you disaster aid money, ... Allen said that check was for around $10,000 in disaster assistance, ... The letter said 12 years after Hurricane Katrina, the government wanted its relief money back.
NBCNews.com
September 29, 2017
For Some, Delayed Response to Puerto Rico Has Echoes of Katrina ... The general who ran the U.S. military relief operation after Hurricane Katrina is among the chorus of critics ... They still are not flowing assistance fast enough. ... passed a $10.5 billion aid package within four days of Katrina's landfall, the ...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
After Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, long delays for assistance from the ... Outside the White House this month, President Trump boasted about the federal relief efforts. ... in order for residents to be approved for thousands of dollars in aid. ... People who called FEMA in the immediate aftermath of Katrina ...
ABC News
December 31, 1999
Former presidents call for unity at hurricane aid concert ... raised money together after the 2004 South Asia tsunami and Hurricane Katrina the next year. ... was created with 100 percent of proceeds pledged to hurricane relief.
KSNT News
September 18, 2017
Fawcett said helping the aid effort following Katrina had a gripping effect on ... Fawcett said providing disaster relief is part of her life's purpose.
FOX43.com
September 18, 2017
Simpson has done similar drives before, delivering relief supplies to victims of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the deadly tornado in Joplin, Mo.
ABC News
September 18, 2017
In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the nation grieved as images ... Following Hurricane Katrina, for example, the average assistanceÃÂ ...
The National
September 17, 2017
Relief efforts in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 were greatly aided by local knowledge from community organizations,ÃÂ ...
ABC News
September 11, 2017
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma caused between $150 billion and $200 ... comparable to the costs from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005, ... much insurance money and government aid flows to the impacted regions, andÃÂ ...
|
news and opinion
|
