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Chicagoans impacted by storms frustrated as FEMA rejects relief appeal

  • Feb 10

FEMA rejects Illinois' appeal for major disaster relief

  • Feb 10

What to know about the partial government shutdown and its impact

  • Feb 1
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Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson resigns: Sources

  • Breaking
  • Nov 17, 2025

Survey team assess Cook County after August flooding damage

  • Sep 4, 2025

Some FEMA staff are put on leave after signing dissent letter

  • Aug 27, 2025

Illinois disaster proclamation issued for July flooding

  • Aug 21, 2025

Emergency services officials assessing flood damage on SW Side

  • Aug 14, 2025

Latest Videos

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Chicagoans impacted by storms frustrated as FEMA rejects relief appeal

  • Feb 10
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FEMA rejects Illinois' appeal for major disaster relief

  • Feb 10
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ABC7 I-Team helps homeowner get more FEMA money for storm damage

  • Apr 3, 2025
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FEMA centers opening in Chicago, Homewood for July storm victims

  • Oct 16, 2024
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FEMA opening disaster assistance center in Dixmoor

  • Oct 8, 2024
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Residents hit by July's severe storms eligible for federal help: Biden

  • Sep 20, 2024
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Dolton woman gets FEMA funds after thieves steal check from mail

  • Jun 11, 2024
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South suburban woman says FEMA check was stolen and cashed

  • May 3, 2024

Latest Stories

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FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain.

  • Jul 12, 2025

Trump says he plans to phase out FEMA after 2025 hurricane season

Trump says that he plans to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this year's hurricane season

  • Jun 11, 2025
Gene J. Puskar/AP via CNN Newsource

White House addresses FEMA acting director's 'jokes' about hurricane season

Acting FEMA Director David Richardson told staff in an all-hands meeting that he was unaware hurricane season had started, according to sources familiar.

  • Jun 4, 2025
AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, lawmakers urge Trump to reconsider disaster relief denial

After severe storms hit the state in mid-March, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders applied for disaster relief through FEMA.

  • Apr 24, 2025

ABC7 I-Team helps woman with collapsed roof, flooded basement get more FEMA money

A Chicago woman whose home was severely damaged by storms is getting even more help thanks to the ABC7 I-Team.

  • Apr 3, 2025