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Hurricane Floyd. The effects of Hurricane Floyd in North Carolina was the costliest natural disaster in the state's history until it was surpassed by Hurricane Florence in 2018. After the storm, the name Floyd was retired and removed from the Atlantic hurricane naming list. The United States government provided North Carolina with over $277 ...
The Stafford Act is a 1988 amended version of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974. It created the system in place today by which a presidential disaster declaration or an emergency declaration triggers financial and physical assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency [3] (FEMA). The Act gives FEMA the responsibility for coordinating ...
FEMA Public Assistance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Public Assistance Program (PA Program) provides grants for disaster relief aid to state government agencies, local governments, federally recognized Indian tribes, and private non-profit organisations in the wake of a disaster. [1] The program provides grants for two types of ...
Hurricane Idalia was a powerful and destructive Category 4 hurricane that caused significant damage across parts of the southeastern United States, especially in North Florida, in late August 2023. The ninth named storm, [a] third hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, Idalia formed from a low-pressure area ...
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, No. 20-543, 594 U.S. ___ (2021) The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, [b] [1] also known as the CARES Act, [2] is a $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the 116th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 27, 2020, in response to the economic ...
Lutheran World Relief ( LWR) is an international non-governmental organization that focuses on sustainable development projects and disaster relief and recovery. The organization was founded in 1945 to collect and send aid to people living in post- World War II Europe. [2] Today, LWR helps communities living in extreme poverty adapt to the ...
Aktion Deutschland Hilft was founded in 2001 with headquarters in Cologne, to combine the capabilities of German aid organisations, so that fast and efficient disaster aid can be guaranteed abroad. Reasons for action are wars and conflicts, famines, earthquakes, floodings, emergencies concerning the environment and other unpredictable disasters ...
The New York Small Business Development Center (NYSBDC), established in 1984 and administered by the State University of New York (SUNY), operates 20 regional service centers across the state. With a team of around 260 professionals, including business advisors, administrators, and staff, the NYSBDC offers information and assistance to small ...