FEMA ordered to resume Katrina payments
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The Bush administration must immediately resume housing payments for thousands of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina, a federal judge said Wednesday, heaping more criticism on the government's handling of the 2005 disaster.
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The government's disaster relief manager sought on Sunday to assure people in Florida that federal aid is in place to help with recovery efforts from the latest hurricane bearing down on the state.
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FEMA and other US agencies seem to have improved their emergency response since the 2005 Katrina fiasco.
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Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were a roughly $100 billion blow to Louisiana buildings and infrastructure, and federal rebuilding aid and insurance payments fall about $34 billion short of making up for the losses, a state agency says.
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An agreement to release $1.1 billion in federal aid to help tens of thousands of New Orleans-area homeowners elevate their homes against flooding appears near. But there's a big catch.
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New Orleans' latest plan to recover from Hurricane Katrina calls for a 10-year rebuilding program costing $14 billion that will leave some neighborhoods still sparsely populated.
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A hurricane disaster relief package approved last week includes money for fixing communications equipment at NASA&#39;s Kennedy Space Center.
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Utilities and insurance companies are expected to try to recover massive expenses from the recent hurricanes, and consumers could be the ones who pay.
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Victims of the spring&#39;s severe storms, which brought flooding to the state, have until Monday evening to apply for disaster assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Under a court order, the Bush administration will restart a housing program for Hurricane Katrina victims early this week and begin explaining to thousands of evacuees why their aid was cut off this summer.
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President Bush yesterday renewed the nation's commitment to help victims of last year's Gulf Coast hurricanes and thanked U.S. troops fighting abroad.
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Flooding prompted evacuation orders Friday in the same neighborhood for the second time in a little more than a month, the mayor's office said.
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Louisiana's grant program for rebuilding hurricane-damaged homes is giving money to thousands who weren't supposed to be eligible, the White House's hurricane recovery czar testified Thursday.
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Efforts to find two children who went missing with other family members during storms are to resume at first light.
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The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered Fannie Mae, the nation&#39;s largest buyer of mortgages, to restate its earnings over the last
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President Bush's Gulf Coast rebuilding chief said Monday that the federal government is living up to its responsibility in helping the region recover from the 2005 hurricanes, but suggested that state and local leaders weren't doing enough to put federal dollars to use.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has changed its policy and will provide some reimbursement for homeowners who spent their own money to elevate hurricane-damaged houses above flood level.