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FEMA Assistance May Be Available for Losses Not Covered by Insurance

Published: 10 July 2025
Categories: FEMA News

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AUSTIN, Texas – If you sustained damage from the March 26-28 severe storms and flooding, and initially did not receive FEMA assistance because of insurance coverage, you may now be eligible. For residents in Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy counties, if your insurance did not cover all damages or if your reimbursement is delayed, FEMA may be able to help.

While FEMA cannot duplicate insurance payments, it may be able to help where insurance did not. You may be eligible for FEMA Individual Assistance if you:

Were denied insurance benefits by your insurance company, orYour insurance claim has been settled and you can demonstrate to FEMA that your settlement didn’t cover your disaster-related essential needs.

Survivors who apply with FEMA may be eligible for Housing Assistance and Other Needs Assistance (ONA).

Housing Assistance may include help with rentals, home repairs and home replacements. ONA may include help with personal property, medical expenses, dental expenses, funeral expenses, childcare, transportation, and other miscellaneous items.

The first step is to contact your insurance company to request one of the following documents:

A denial letter, or proof that you are not being covered by your insurance company.A settlement letter, or exactly what is being covered by your insurance company.A delay letter, or proof there has been no official decision yet by your insurance company on your insurance claim, and it has been more than 30 days from the time that you filed your insurance claim. Any funds that you may receive from FEMA in this process would then be considered an advance and must be repaid when you get your settlement.

FEMA Assistance May Be Available for Losses Not Covered by Insurance

FEMA assistance is based on the specific information provided on each FEMA application, including the documentation provided by the applicant.

You can submit your documentation of denial letters, settlement letters or letters of delay:

In person at a Disaster Recovery Center. To find a center close to you, go online to: DRC Locator, or text DRC along with your Zip Code to 43362 (Ex: DRC 78552).Go to DisasterAssistance.gov;Download the FEMA App for mobile devices;Online at DisasterAssistance.gov.By mail at:FEMA – Individuals and Households Program National Processing Service CenterP.O. Box 10055Hyattsville, MD 20782-7055By fax at 800-827-8112, Attention: FEMA – Individuals and Households Program.

You can also speak with a FEMA specialist directly by calling the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362. If you use a video relay service, captioned telephone service, or other communication services, please provide FEMA the specific number assigned for that service. Lines are open daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. CDT, seven days a week.

Homeowners and renters who were displaced or have property damage from the March storms have until July 22,

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NSF Graduate Research Fellow contribution to flight could aid disaster relief

Published: 9 July 2025
Categories: National Science Foundation

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With the devastating hurricanes that swept the southeastern United States at the end of 2024, new and better ways to get critical supplies to disaster zones and rural areas are essential. U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow Garrett Asper is devoting his research during his fellowship to advancing flight control systems for electric or hybrid vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs), which can move people and cargo “more quickly, quietly and cost-effectively than traditional helicopters or ground transportation” according to this article from Virginia Tech.

EVTOLs, which combine the vertical takeoff of helicopters with the ability to transition to horizontal flight like airplanes, are being called “the future of flight.” However, the controls during transitioning from horizontal to vertical flight still need improvement before they can be deployed during disasters. Asper’s research focuses on developing and flight-testing new control algorithms to ensure the safety, speed and efficacy of eVTOL transport. He aims to make the tools he’s creating open source, allowing other researchers to use them to test their work. By doing so, he hopes to advance the entire field and bring us closer to the day when critical supplies and aid can be quickly airlifted to disaster zones.

An aerospace engineering doctoral candidate at Virginia Tech, Asper is a researcher in the Nonlinear Systems Laboratory and the NSF-funded Uncrewed Systems Laboratory. He

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NSF advances 29 semifinalists in the second NSF Regional Innovation Engines competition

Published: 8 July 2025
Categories: National Science Foundation

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The U.S. National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program announced the 29 semifinalists advancing to the next stage of the second competition – spanning critical technologies and applications ranging from energy grid security to maximizing the yield of critical minerals mining to advanced optical sensors. The semifinalist teams, many of whom have been building their regional coalitions for a year or longer, are led by universities, nonprofits, private industry and other organizations from across the United States. View a map of the NSF Engines semifinalists.

Credit: U.S. National Science Foundation

A map showing the locations of the U.S. National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program’s 29 finalists for 2025. Explore the map semifinalists in more detail.

“This outstanding cohort of semifinalists clearly demonstrates that America’s technology competitiveness will depend as much on expanding our ability to unlock innovation capacity in every part of our country — from the rural plains and western ranges to cities with rich industrial and manufacturing legacies — as it will on advancing the technologies themselves,” said Erwin Gianchandani, NSF assistant director for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (NSF TIP). “Each team was selected because it brought strong public and private partners to the table and outlined a promising vision for research, innovation and workforce development in

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Breast Cancer Risk in Younger Women May Be Influenced by Hormone Therapy

Published: 30 June 2025
Categories: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

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Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that two common types of hormone therapy may alter breast cancer risk in women before age 55. Researchers discovered that women treated with unopposed estrogen hormone therapy (E-HT) were less likely to develop the disease than those who did not use hormone therapy. They also found that women treated with estrogen plus progestin hormone therapy (EP-HT) were more likely to develop breast cancer than women who did not use hormone therapy. Together, these results could help to guide clinical recommendations for hormone therapy use among younger women.

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