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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Under the direction of United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, FEMA has obligated over $3 million in emergency housing funds to support Alaskans displaced by severe storms, flooding and remnants of Typhoon Halong October 8-13, 2025.

The assistance, provided under FEMA’s Public Assistance program, includes $2,971,062 for non-congregate sheltering. Non-congregate sheltering allows displaced survivors to stay in hotel rooms. This form of sheltering offers privacy for survivors as they work toward their long-term recovery. The assistance also includes $410,565 for congregate – or group – sheltering.

Local and Tribal governments, as well as certain private non-profits that sustained damage to infrastructure because of the Alaska West Coast storms may still receive financial assistance from FEMA. The deadline to submit a request for Public Assistance is December 21, 2025.

Public Assistance helps tribal, territorial, and local governments cover costs for debris removal, life-saving emergency protective measures, and restoring public infrastructure. To learn more, visit FEMA’s website at www.fema.gov/public-assistance-local-state-tribal-and-non-profit.

It should be noted that Public Assistance is not available for individuals, but that Individual Assistance is for individuals and families for their personal damages. You may register for FEMA Individual Assistance by calling the dedicated Alaska Call Center at 1-866-342-1699, going online, or by using the FEMA app. The deadline to apply for Individual Assistance is December 22, 2025.

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WASHINGTON — FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Washington to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides beginning on December 9, 2025, and continuing.

The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population and to provide appropriate assistance to save lives, to protect property, public health and safety and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in Benton, Chelan, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kittitas, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Whatcom and Yakima counties, the Samish Indian Nation and all other Tribal Nations within the specified jurisdictions.

Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize and provide, at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency. Emergency protective measures, limited to direct federal assistance, under the public assistance program, will be provided at 75% federal funding. 

John Harrison has been named the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal response operations in the affected area. Designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments. 

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