Federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security that coordinates disaster preparedness, response, and recovery — Stafford Act disaster declarations, Public Assistance grants for state and local infrastructure repair, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, Individual Assistance for households, Pre-Disaster Mitigation, BRIC (Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities), and the National Flood Insurance Program.
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Coastal flood warning for Kipnuk and Kwigillingok canceled as storm tracks south
Kuskokwim Delta coastal flood warning canceled for Kipnuk and Kwigillingok as Ex-Dujuan tracks south; river flooding earlier hit Kasigluk and Kwethluk.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Kipnuk and Kwigillingok face coastal flooding as rain threatens Kwethluk and Kasigluk again
Coastal flood warning for Kipnuk, Kwigillingok and Nunivak Island as Typhoon Dujuan remnants hit western Alaska; flood watch for Kwethluk, Kasigluk and Bethel.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Bering Strait homeowners waited 184 days for storm repair loans
Federal records show Bering Strait REAA homeowners waited 184 days after Typhoon Halong's remnants for SBA repair loans that three other Western Alaska areas got in nine days. The state's request for the region reached the SBA on April 13, 2026, and nothing in the record explains the gap.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
Juneau taxpayers at large would carry $4.7 million of the Mendenhall barrier bill as a quarter of the district objects
An amended local improvement district proposal would put 60 percent of the first phase of Juneau's Mendenhall flood barriers, about $4.7 million, on taxpayers at large, with 117 of 466 properties in the district formally objecting and one owner suing. The Assembly separately adopted about $1 million in tribal and FEMA money on Sept. 14.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Fairbanks flood maps are final. Borough page still points to appeals
FEMA has finalized Fairbanks' new flood maps, but the borough still directs residents to a page that calls them preliminary and open to appeal.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Three Alaska disaster declarations have no Federal Register notice
Federal disaster declarations for Kipnuk, the Mat-Su Borough and the Mukluk Fire have no Federal Register notice, though FEMA regulations require publication.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Kipnuk households paid $18 million; no village infrastructure project
Federal records show Kipnuk households received $18 million after Typhoon Halong's remnants destroyed 153 homes. No public assistance project or infrastructure obligation is recorded for the village under either disaster declaration covering the storm.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Alaska villages can rebuild after Halong. They can't use the money to move.
The disaster declaration for Typhoon Halong's remnants in Western Alaska omitted the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, which funds relocation and risk reduction.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read
Fairbanks gets new flood maps in January, and most homes in the zone are uninsured
FEMA finalized a new Flood Insurance Rate Map for the Fairbanks North Star Borough effective January 8, 2027, expanding coverage from three flooding sources to about 35, even as only 26 percent of homes inside the existing flood zone carry flood insurance.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read
Golden Valley is still getting paid for a storm from Christmas 2021
FEMA committed another $1.36 million toward Golden Valley Electric Association's repairs from the Christmas 2021 Interior windstorm, nearly five years later.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
None of Ketchikan's $1.65 million in landslide aid has been paid out
A $1,651,380 FEMA award administered by the Alaska Department of Military and Veteran's Affairs reaches the end of its award period Sept. 30. It reimburses state, local, tribal and territorial governments and certain private nonprofits for pandemic emergency protective measures.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
New flood maps would end mandatory flood insurance for thousands of Fairbanks properties
Revised FEMA flood maps would remove 2,881 Fairbanks North Star Borough structures from the high-risk flood zone and add 538, effective Jan. 8, 2027.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Household disaster aid accounted for eight of every 10 federal dollars sent to Alaska this week
USAspending.gov data shows $3.41 million of the $4.21 million in federal awards landing in Alaska between Aug. 21 and Aug. 28 went to disaster assistance for individuals and households, far ahead of every other tracked program.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Alaska has spent a fifth of its open federal disaster money, with six weeks on the clock
Alaska holds $357.7 million in open federal disaster grants with 21.7% paid out, and all eleven are currently written to expire on Sept. 30.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Mukluk Fire households can apply for up to $44,800 in state grants through Oct. 19
State disaster grants for Mukluk Fire losses opened August 18 and close October 19 for Alaska Gateway REAA residents, with a ceiling of $44,800 per household. State documents published the same day give two different hotline numbers and two different rental assistance timelines.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
FEMA's Mukluk Fire grant pays for firefighting, not for people who lost homes
FEMA's fire management assistance grant for the Mukluk Fire covers firefighting costs only. Household losses run through a separate state program open through Oct. 19.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Nearly four years on, Alaska has been paid 15 percent of Merbok's $90.9 million
Nearly four years after Typhoon Merbok, only 15% of FEMA's rebuild money for western Alaska has been paid out, as the Sept. 30 deadline nears and projects risk losing money.
by Lucas Brown1mo ago3 min read
Kipnuk is being pieced back together, one boardwalk at a time
Kipnuk is rebuilding after October's Typhoon Halong remnants, with over 12,000 feet of new boardwalk reconnecting the village and crews lifting storm-damaged homes back into place.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read
Kipnuk storm loan deadline hits Tuesday
Businesses and residents in Kipnuk have until Tuesday to apply for federal economic-injury loans from the August 2024 storm. The physical-damage loan window already closed in November.
by Alaska News4mo ago2 min read
Three years after Typhoon Merbok, Alaska's rebuild continues
Three years after Typhoon Merbok, Western Alaska's road back keeps reaching the next milestone — and a separate Dalton washout is now in the same queue
by Bill AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read
Cordova council weighs hazard plan tied to federal disaster funds
Cordova City Council considered the city's Local Hazard Mitigation Plan on May 20, 2026, a FEMA-required document that determines eligibility for federal disaster resilience and mitigation grants in the Gulf of Alaska community.
by Alaska News4mo ago1 min read
Alaska Senate backs Kipnuk, Kwigillingok relocation after Typhoon Halong
The Alaska Senate unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday backing the decisions of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok to relocate after devastation from Typhoon Halong.
by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read