The U.S. Commerce Department relief funding will support small businesses and provide technical assistance. #NewsismyBusiness
The project aims to improve understanding of natural hazards and improve disaster resilience. #NewsismyBusiness
The newly approved completion date for the permanent work is July 16, 2025. #NewsIsMyBusiness
Mayors collaborate with FEMA, discuss challenges and progress in reconstruction after the historic storms. #NewsisimyBusiness
The contract, which is administered by the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (COR3), was also extended to include hazard mitigation program services. #NewsismyBusiness
At an event hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center, the governor highlighted the progress and challenges in the reconstruction efforts nearly six years after the hurricane struck. #NewsismyBusiness
First-ever Community Resilience Estimates found that nearly half of the island’s population has three or more risk factors, more than double the stateside population. #NewsismyBusiness
The federal agency’s allocation includes the restoration of two stadiums that were damaged by Hurricane Maria. #NewsismyBusiness
On March 29, President Biden issued a major disaster declaration for the municipalities of Cataño, Dorado, Toa Baja, Vega Alta, and Vega Baja.
Sometimes it seems that the famous Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez had used Puerto Rico as the model for at least two of its best-selling novels. Many make reference to Puerto Rico being like “Macondo” from “100 Years of Solitude.” As we endure the effects of Tropical Storm Isiah, and with the background of the […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is still in Puerto Rico to help hurricane survivors even though the deadline for registering for disaster assistance has passed. It will take many years for Puerto Rico to fully recover, a process that will remain in motion on many fronts. FEMA along with its federal and government of Puerto […]
In the days following the disaster, companies experienced disruption of operations due to the absence of electricity, loss of human resources, dislocations in the supply chain and total absence of telecommunications.
In the four weeks since Hurricane María made landfall on Puerto Rico, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its federal and local partners, have been making progress in the nation’s most logistically complex response in FEMA history.
Employees or self-employed individuals — who lost their livelihood as a direct consequence of Hurricane Irma or Hurricane Maria — may be eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA).
Faith-based organizations, in addition to other community, volunteer, and non-profit organizations in areas eligible for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Public Assistance program may apply for grants to help "return to helping others," the agency announced.
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