BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisianans are moving forward from the August 2016 floods. Their recovery includes rebuilding, repairing, finding new rentals or making plans to leave their manufactured housing units (MHUs). Manufactured housing units, provided as a temporary housing solution by FEMA at the request of the state, are not intended to be a permanent housing option for flood survivors.MHUs are provided by FEMA as a last-resort temporary housing solution. If no other housing options are available, survivors who qualify may be eligible to stay in an MHU for up to 18...
Jan
10
Jan
10
BATON ROUGE, LA. — The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in Louisiana has spiked to more than 480,000 active policies following the March and August floods. That’s an increase of more than 35,000 policies.NFIP had the largest monthly increase of more than 20,000 policies from August to September last year. Ascension, East Baton Rouge and Livingston Parishes received the most damage from the 2016 floods and now account for more than 62,000 NFIP policies.In Louisiana, polices in 2015 dropped to approximately 454,000. In 2014, the number of active NFIP policyholders topped...
Jan
09
FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Monday, January 9, 2017
Significant Events:
•Heavy Precipitation forecast to impact the western U.S.
Significant Weather:
•Flash Flooding – northern/central California
•Freezing Rain – Upper Mississippi Valley, Great Lakes, and Ohio Valley
•Heavy Snow – Pacific Northwest, California, Central Great Basin, Rockies, and Great Lakes
•Snow – Pacific Northwest to the Northeast
•Space Weather – Past 24 hours – None; Next 24 hours – None
Tropical Activity Western Pacific: No activity affecting U.S. interests
Earthquake Activity: No significant activity
Declaration Activity: None...
Jan
08
FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Sunday, January 8, 2017
Significant Events:
Heavy Precipitation forecast to impact CA and NV
Significant Weather:
Freezing rain – Pacific Northwest; Northern Intermountain; Central Great Basin
Heavy snow – Pacific Northwest; Northern Intermountain; Central Great Basin; California; Nevada; Colorado
Flash flooding possible - California
Snow – Pacific Northwest; Northern Intermountain; Northern Plains; Upper Mississippi Valley to Central Appalachians; Northeast
Rain – California; Southwest, southeast Texas; southeast Florida
Space Weather – Past 24 hours – None; Next 24 hours – None
Earthquake Activity: No significant activity
Declaration...
Jan
07
FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Saturday, January 7, 2017
FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Saturday, January 7, 2017
Significant Activity – Jan 6-7
Heavy Precipitation forecast to impact CA and NV
Severe Winter Weather - East Coast
Significant Weather:
Freezing rain – Pacific Northwest, California and Central Great Basin; coastal North Carolina and Virginia
Heavy snow – California and Oregon; Mid-Atlantic to Southern New England
Snow – Pacific Northwest to Southern Rockies; Great Lakes; Southeast to Northeast
Rain – California and Florida
Space Weather – Past 24 hours – None; Next...
Jan
06
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Jan
06
FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Friday, January 6, 2017
FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Friday, January 6, 2017
Significant Activity – Jan 5-6
Significant Events: Heavy Precipitation forecast to impact CA and NV
Significant Weather:
Freezing rain – Lower Mississippi Valley to Mid-Atlantic
Rain - Lower Mississippi Valley to Mid-Atlantic
Heavy snow – Tennessee Valley to Mid Atlantic
Snow – Pacific Northwest, Southwest to Mid-Atlantic and New England
Space Weather – Past 24 hours – None; Next 24 hours – Minor G1 likely
Tropical Activity Western Pacific: No activity affecting U.S....
Jan
06
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Jan
05
FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for Thursday, January 5, 2017
Significant Events: None
Significant Weather:
Heavy Snow – Sierras, Central Great Plains, Central/Southern Rockies, Great Lakes, and Southern Appalachians
Snow – Central Great Basin to Central/Southern Plains, Middle Mississippi Valley, Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast
Rain and Snow – Pacific Northwest, Lower Mississippi Valley, Southern Appalachians, and Mid-Atlantic
Rain – California, Southwest, Southern Plains to Southeast
Space Weather – Past 24 hours – None; Next 24 hours – Minor G1 likely
Earthquake Activity: No significant activity
Declaration Activity: None...
Jan
04
BATON ROUGE, La. — Two Central schools have received federal disaster assistance to return students to classrooms after the August flood damaged their campuses.About $4.2 million in FEMA assistance has reimbursed schools in Central:Central Private School has been awarded more than $3.7 million to place temporary facilities on its campus that students may attend during repairs to the permanent facility. The funds also lessen stresses on two campuses that have hosted Central Private School’s students since the flood.Tanglewood Elementary School has been awarded more than $500,000 for temporary facilities and supplies...