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21
WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor approved Texas for a FEMA grant under the Lost Wages Assistance program. FEMA’s grant funding will allow Texas to provide $300 per week -- on top of their regular unemployment benefit -- to those unemployed due to COVID-19. FEMA will work with Texas Governor Greg Abbott to implement a system to make this funding available to Texas residents.
On Aug. 8, 2020, President Trump made available up to $44 billion from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to Americans who have lost wages due to the...
Aug
21
FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for August 21, 2020
Significant Activity - Aug 20-21, 2020
National Current Operations & Monitoring
Significant Incidents or Threats: • Wildland Fire Activity – CA, CO • COVID-19
Tropical Activity: • Atlantic: ○ Tropical Depression Thirteen ○ Tropical Depression Fourteen ○ Disturbance 1: Medium (50%)• Eastern Pacific: ○ Tropical Cyclone Genevieve ○ Disturbance 1: Medium (50%) ○ Disturbance 2: Low (20%)• Central Pacific: ○ Disturbance 1: Low (10%) ○ Disturbance 1: Low (20%)• Western Pacific: No activity affecting U.S. interests
Declaration Activity: ○ ...
Aug
20
Aug
20
FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for August 20, 2020
Significant Activity - Aug 19-20, 2020
National Current Operations & Monitoring
Significant Incidents or Threats: • Wildland Fire Activity – CA, CO • Critical Fire Weather – Portions of CA, NV, ID, and MT• COVID-19
Tropical Activity: • Atlantic: ○ Tropical Depression Thirteen ○ Disturbance 1: High (90%) ○ Disturbance 2: Medium (40%)• Eastern Pacific: ○ Tropical Cyclone Genevieve (CAT 3) ○ Disturbance 1: Medium (50%)• Central Pacific: ○ Disturbance 1: Low (10%) ○ Disturbance 1: Low (10%)• Western Pacific:...
Aug
19
FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for August 19, 2020
Significant Activity - Aug 18-19, 2020
National Current Operations & Monitoring
Significant Incidents or Threats: • Isolated to Scattered Dry Thunderstorms – Central Great Basin to Northern Plains• Critical Fire Weather – Northern California and Central Great Basin• Industrial Fire – TX• Earthquake – CA • COVID-19
Tropical Activity: • Atlantic: ○ Disturbance 1: High (80%) ○ Disturbance 2: High (90%) ○ Disturbance 3: Low (20%)• Eastern Pacific: ○ Tropical Cyclone Genevieve (CAT 3) ○ Disturbance 1: Medium (50%)• Central Pacific:...
Aug
19
WASHINGTON -- On August 8, 2020, President Trump made available up to $44 billion from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to Americans who have lost wages due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the state of Oklahoma agreed to administer a lost wages program for its citizens who are unemployed due to COVID-19.
FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor approved Oklahoma for a FEMA grant under this unprecedented program. FEMA’s grant funding will allow Oklahoma to provide those unemployed due to COVID-19 $300 per week on top of their regular unemployment benefit. ...
Aug
18
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