AUSTIN, Texas — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded more than $24 million to these three applicants for debris removal following Hurricane Harvey.  Corpus Christi received $10.6 million, Aransas Pass received $7.4 million and the Texas General Land Office received $6 million to remove marine, vegetative, construction and demolition debris left behind by the rain and winds from Harvey.  In Corpus Christi, the city removed 454,100 cubic yards of vegetative, construction and demolition debris left by more than 50 inches of rain and days of tropical storm force winds...

Texas’ annual Emergency Preparation Supplies Sales Tax Holiday is April 27-29 AUSTIN, Texas — This weekend is a great time to complete your emergency kit and gather other supplies you may need for the upcoming hurricane season, because Texas will waive the sales tax on many of those items. One weekend each spring, the state holds a tax holiday to help Texans prepare for emergencies. This year’s holiday will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, and end at midnight on Monday night, April 29.  Among the items available with no sales...

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AUSTIN, Texas — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded more than $1 million to Montgomery County Drainage District #6 for repairs to the Spring Creek area following Hurricane Harvey.Flooding in Montgomery County forced water backward and caused Spring Creek to flood. This caused the walls of the drainage channels into Spring Creek to collapse.The total cost of the repairs exceeded $1.1 million. FEMA’s grant of more than $1 million required $114,207, or a 10 percent nonfederal contribution, from the applicant.The grant comes from FEMA’s Public Assistance grant program, which...

Celebrate service this National Volunteer Week, April 7-13 AUSTIN, Texas — Jessica Ortiz and her family lost everything in Hurricane Harvey. The storm’s historic flood filled their mobile home in La Grange, Texas, to within 18 inches of the ceiling, turning everything “muddy, smelly and gross.”  She and her three kids spent September and October 2017 living with a friend in San Antonio, then moved into a hotel provided through FEMA for about five months, then moved into a FEMA mobile housing unit, which they occupied through March 27 of this year....