FEMA to release $166M for NC Helene recovery, COVID grants amid DHS shutdown

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will release an additional nearly $166 million in public assistance funding for ...

The Trump administration is about to release billions in disaster aid. Several blue states won’t be included

The Trump administration is releasing more than $5 billion in long-delayed disaster aid to states – but not to several ...

Lawmakers push to streamline ’49-step’ disaster relief funding process

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — State Sen. Rusty Crowe (R-Johnson City) and Rep. Rebecca Alexander (R-Jonesborough) have been working on legislation to streamline the Tennessee Emergency Management ...

Last year's hurricanes caused most hours of power outages in a decade

In a December brief, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that three storms drove 80% of power outages nationwide in 2024.
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Tennessee looks to build statewide disaster fund to fill in FEMA gaps

Tennessee’s senate approved a statewide fund to provide disaster aid to those not helped by the Federal Emergency Management ...