News

The past two summers brought devastating flooding to Vermont communities, and after recovering, money owed from FEMA for ...
MyChamplainValley.com on MSN6h
Welch: let’s fix FEMA, not scrap it
Welch on Tuesday introduced a sweeping legislative proposal designed to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency needs reform, not abolishment, said U.S. Sen. Peter Welch on Wednesday as he spoke ...
FEMA crews have visited thousands of homes in an effort to let people know they could be eligible for financial assistance, and to help them apply before the Oct. 21 deadline.
Homes throughout Barre, Vermont were inundated with flash flooding in early July 2023, including Kim Benin's neighbor, shown here. (John Tully/The Washington Post via Getty Images) As heavy rain ...
Posted in Government & Politics FEMA has given out $6 million in household aid in Vermont for July flooding. Here’s how to apply before the Oct. 21 deadline.
The FEMA bureaucracy is so fraught and labor intensive that the state of Vermont has paid $4 million to a private contractor, based in Illinois, to help it, and towns, navigate the public ...
How to report damages due to the floods in Vermont. To report damages, call 2-1-1, or go to Vermont211.org. . Scott and other administrative officials emphasized the importance of helping ...
Vermont Governor Phil Scott is joined by FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell (right) before touring flood damage. Vermont’s Congressional delegation and the administrator of the Federal Emergency ...
Vermont's two remaining disaster recovery centers left over from July severe weather events will close down this weekend.. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) erected several disaster ...
FEMA approved a major second disaster declaration just over a month later to address consequences of the January storms that wiped out power in five Vermont counties.
Records obtained by Vermont Public earlier this summer show that FEMA had, as of March, incurred nearly $80 million in administrative costs on the recovery mission related to the floods from July ...