In 1989 to 80 during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. In recent years, significant disaster aid was provided outside the fema Disaster Assistance programs. These charts show how aid programs outside fema have grown. In fact, for Hurricane Sandy, there was less fema assistance from the department of housing and urban development or the department of transportation. We found these additional disaster aid programs dont have the same requirements and restrictions as the fema assistance. Fema assistance is tied to actual disaster damage and is for individuals, governmental entities or certain nonprofits performing governmentlike functions. Fema only spends money on eligible items for eligible applicants, no matter how much money fema receives. Fema mitigation funds must be used on cost and official projects to ensure the federal investment is a wise one. Fema makes every effort to get money in the hands of applicants as fast as possible to enable rapid recovery from disaster impacts. From the sandy
The 114th congress, i stated that my top Emergency Management priority was pursuing life saving and cost reducing disaster legislation and launching a Public Policy debate about the costs of disasters in terms of both the loss of property and human life. We follow that hearing with several round tables to help us understand what disasters cost this country, who pays those costs and whether the problem is Getting Better or worse. Early last year, Ranking Member carson and i introduced the fema format to call for the First Comprehensive assessment of disaster cost and losses in over 20 years. We also wanted to reform several Disaster Assistance programs to make them more efficient. If february, the house passed the fema legislation and we hope the senate will take up hr1471 and pass it soon. The purpose of todays hearing is to discuss what we have learned so far and begin exploring potential solutions, particularly the principals that should be driving those solutions. While there are si
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Been turned into a Rehabilitation Center because of an alcohol problem thats gotten out of hand. The number of dead from a landslide in guatemala has risen to 67. Hundreds of people are still missing in the town southeast of the capital city of guatemala city. David mercer visited the site earlier. I saw not a single survivor brought out from underneath the rock and the dirt, but i did see a lot of bodies brought out. I talked to a number of family members who are who said that they are not going to leave the sight until they see their loved ones, either alive or dead and a lot of them were sort of resigned to the fact that they might not, in fact, find them alive. Some of the houses are buried under as much as 45 meters of rock and mud. 1 million cubic meters of dirt covered these 125 houses, and so certainly the rescue workers have their work cut out for them in this case. And the National Emergency management Disaster Relief center, they said seven years ago, they approached the Mun
Quagmire and more proof pressure on sett blatter to step down. We begin with breaking news out of afghanistan. A hospital run by Doctors Without Borders has come under attack in the Northern City of kunduz. Our reporter is about 130 kilometers away from kunduz. What can you tell us about the hospital in kunduz thats been hit . Reporter the hospital last night was bombed by nato forces. Of began afghan officials are telling us at least 50 people were injured and the hospital was damaged. Totally not working anymore. The location of this hospital was very interesting. It was in the center of the city. That was the closest for the civilian and for the taliban to bring their patients. It had about 50 Staff Members. Were hearing some Staff Members are dead but we dont have a confirmed number. And there is still much confusion over how much control the afghan really has in kunduz. Last night, Afghan Security officials were telling us that they launched the operation last night, and it seems