NEWS: ⁦Deanne Criswell⁩ to celebrate $30M Savannah grant to ease flooding Black communities in visit next week along side ⁦Mayor Van Johnson⁩ ⁦Jon Ossoff⁩ thanks to ⁦President Biden⁩’s Investing in America agenda & Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. savannahnow.com/story/news/loc…

Thank you to Mayor Todd Gloria and San Diego officials for visiting with us to coordinate recovery efforts from the January storm. We appreciate the hard work and collaboration to help survivors impacted by this event and look forward to continuing our strong partnership.

.Council President Sean Elo-Rivera and I met with FEMA Region 9 to discuss our ongoing recovery from the Jan. 22 floods and convey our gratitude for their support.

Over 2,400 households are approved for assistance and millions of dollars are helping rebuild. Deadline to apply is April 19. #SDinDC

Today, Deanne Criswell is in Gainesville, FL at @FEMA’s field office to meet on Hurricane #Idalia recovery efforts, including our work to support farmers. Together w/Dept. of Agriculture & the entire Biden Admin, we remain focused on supporting these agriculture communities recover and rebuild.

@fema_Deanne joined Region 4 RA Robert Samaan and @pinellasEM and @pinellasGov today to announce the county’s new flood insurance Community Rating System Class 2 rating that will save policy holders 40% on premiums.

Addressing Pinellas County, Deanne Criswell: “I am here today to congratulate you on a tremendous job and a tremendous achievement. Because of your forward leaning historic investments and resilience…Pinellas County now has the highest community rating in all of Florida.”

Happening soon! Deanne Criswell will join Pinellas County for a special announcement!

We are aware and monitoring the #Earthquake that impacted areas of NY, NJ, PA and surrounding areas. Our regional administrators are in touch with their state counterparts and there are currently no unmet needs.

FEMA made what it calls the “most significant updates to disaster assistance in 20 years.” amna discussed the changes with Deanne Criswell. to.pbs.org/4aANHSq

FEMA has made changes it calls 'the most significant updates to disaster assistance in 20 years.'

Among them: expanding access to money for food, water and essentials and help for repairs not covered by insurance.

Watch part of amna's interview with Deanne Criswell

We have a liaison officer on the ground deployed to the #KeyBridgeCollapse , coordinating with all levels of government to support Maryland. Our deepest sympathies go out to families awaiting news of their loved ones. #KeyBridgeNews mdta.maryland.gov/keybridgenews

.Maryland Department of Emergency Management (MDEM) has been activated and operating since early this morning response to the Key Bridge collapse. Live look of our 24/7/365 watch center.

We've increased the state activation level to coordinate resource support for first responders. Governor Wes Moore has declared an emergency.

.Deanne Criswell has been briefed on the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse and FEMA continues to monitor the situation. We have a member of our FEMAregion3 embedded with Maryland Department of Emergency Management (MDEM) and our regional administrator remains in close contact with the state.

The U.S. Coast Guard was on the scene along with our state and local partners and is actively involved in search and rescue operations this morning. There are no indications this was an intentional act and we are assessing the impacts to the Port of Baltimore. (2/2)

We are closely monitoring the tragic situation unfolding as a result of a containership colliding with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Our thoughts are with the families of the missing and injured. (1/2)

Happening now!

Happening soon: Deanne Criswell will join FOX Weather live from their studio at 9:45 am in honor of #WomensHistoryMonth and how FEMA helps communities respond to and recover from disasters.

With climate change, severe weather events, and disasters on the rise, Director Deanne Criswell states, “Together we can craft an emergency management field of the future”. #NEMAForum2024

Director Deanne Criswell states, 'As our workload continues to expand, we need to look into the future with an eye on the past leveraging our insight as a springboard to the future”. #NEMAForum2024

We are closely monitoring the fires in Texas and Oklahoma. @FEMA issued two fire management assistance grants for Texas and one for Oklahoma and our FEMA Region 6 Administrator is in close contact with both states. We remain on standby to support as needed.