

But like all publicly-funded agencies, FEMA is expected to practice financial responsibility. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) announced that the hurricanes were two of the costliest in history Hurricane Maria resulted $90 billion in damage and Hurricane Irma accounted for $50 billion in losses.įederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s mission is to support disaster recovery, and its Public Assistance Division manages the vast majority of recovery and mitigation grants to local government entities and nonprofits.

Homes, schools, hospitals and businesses were lost. Virgin Islands in 2017, causing widespread destruction of infrastructure systems. Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated Puerto Rico and the U.S. Challenge: FEMA Seeks Accurate Costs to Grant Recovery Funds
