FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for September 16, 2020
Significant Activity - September 15-16, 2020
National Current Operations & Monitoring
Significant Incidents or Threats: • Hurricane Sally (CAT 2)• Western Wildfires• COVID-19
Tropical Activity:• Atlantic: ○ Hurricane Sally ○ Hurricane Paulette ○ Hurricane Teddy ○ Tropical Storm Vicky ○ Disturbance 1 - Medium (40%) ○ Disturbance 2 - High (70%) ○ Disturbance 3 - Low (20%)• Eastern Pacific: ○ Tropical Storm Karina• Central Pacific: Disturbance 1 - Medium (50%)• Western Pacific: No activity affecting U.S. interests
Declaration Activity: • Approval: Emergency...
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BATON ROUGE, La.— Drive-thru Disaster Recovery Centers will open in Abbeville and Shreveport on Thursday, Sept. 17 to help Hurricane Laura survivors.
A new feature of centers is an easy and COVID-safe way for Laura survivors to have documents scanned into their case file.
The drive-thru centers operate under strict COVID-19 protocols to ensure visitors are safe. Masks or face coverings are required for entry and service. Survivors remain in their cars. A specialist wearing a face mask will receive documents through the window and return them.
No appointments are necessary....
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for September 15, 2020
Significant Activity - September 14-15, 2020
National Current Operations & Monitoring
Significant Incidents or Threats: • Tropical Cyclones Sally - Preparations and Response • Wildfires• COVID-19
Tropical Activity:• Atlantic: ○ Tropical Cyclone Sally ○ Tropical Cyclone Paulette ○ Tropical Cyclone Teddy ○ Tropical Cyclone Vicky ○ Disturbance 1 - Low (20%) ○ Disturbance 2 - High (70%) ○ Disturbance 3 - Low (20%)• Eastern Pacific: Tropical Cyclone Karina• Central Pacific: Disturbance 1 - Low (20%)• Western Pacific: No activity affecting U.S. interests
Declaration Activity:...
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WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Louisiana to supplement state, tribal and local response efforts to the emergency conditions in the area affected by Hurricane Sally beginning on Sept. 13, 2020 and continuing.
The President's action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, to save lives, to protect property, public health and safety and...