Tag: FEMA

The heavy rains and wind of hurricane Irma cross through the northeastern part of the island in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Hurricane Irma devastates Puerto Rico, 70 percent without electricity

Anna Giaritelli · September 7, 2017 5:15 pm

"We all thought we had more time, obviously, to deal with the debt limit issue," Ryan said. "And that's before the hurricanes hit." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Paul Ryan: Hurricane was a game changer in debt limit fight

Susan Ferrechio · September 7, 2017 4:45 pm

The Senate Appropriations Committee released an amended version of the bill that adds $7.4 billion more for Community Development Block Grant funding through the Department of Housing and Urban Development. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Senate looks to double size of Harvey relief bill

Susan Ferrechio · September 7, 2017 3:06 pm

A decade-long lucky streak of decent weather that helped rescue one of Florida's biggest home insurers from collapse could come to a wet, violent end if predictions about Hurricane Irma prove true. (NASA/NOAA GOES Project via AP)

FEMA Administrator Brock Long: Hurricane Irma will be ‘truly devastating’

Melissa Quinn · September 7, 2017 2:54 pm

People in the Florida Keys leave town on Wednesday. Heavy rain and 185-mph winds lashed the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico's northeast coast Wednesday as Hurricane Irma roared through Caribbean islands on its way to a possible hit on South Florida. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP)

Trump: Hurricane Irma is ‘raging,’ but FEMA is ‘already in place and ready to help’

Anna Giaritelli · September 7, 2017 12:50 pm

If FEMA is going to offer a helping hand to some nonprofits, they need to do so for all. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Why three Houston churches are suing FEMA for discrimination

Nicole Russell · September 6, 2017 8:29 pm

The House on Wednesday passed an $8 billion Hurricane Harvey relief package. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

House approves $8 billion Harvey aid package

Susan Ferrechio · September 6, 2017 4:20 pm

Democrats also noted many GOP conservatives favor a short-term debt limit increase. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Senate may take up short-term debt ceiling fix

Susan Ferrechio · September 6, 2017 4:20 pm

The move is opposed by fiscal conservatives who want to pair spending reform to the debt ceiling increase, which will push the nation's borrowing limit well about $20 trillion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate will tie Harvey to debt limit, forcing second House vote

Susan Ferrechio · September 5, 2017 10:45 pm

This enhanced satellite image made available by the NOAA GOES Project shows Irma, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 at 1:45 p.m. In the wake of Harvey, meteorologists are already looking warily at another system: Hurricane Irma, which intensified from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in just 30 hours, is steadily moving west across the Atlantic. It's still several days away from the nearest land just south of Puerto Rico. (NASA/NOAA via AP)

FEMA turning its focus toward Hurricane Irma while helping with Harvey recovery

Kyle Feldscher · September 3, 2017 3:12 pm

"Let me be very clear. The city of Houston is open for business. Anyone who is planning on conference or convention or sporting event or concert coming to this city, you can still come," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said. (Ismael Francisco, Cubadebate via AP)

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner says his city is ‘open for business’ after Hurricane Harvey

Kyle Feldscher · September 3, 2017 3:00 pm

Some officials estimate more than $100 billion will be required to rehabilitate the flood-ravaged region. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan promises ‘quick response’ on emergency FEMA funding

Susan Ferrechio · September 1, 2017 3:37 pm