Additional $35 Million Approved to Support Disaster Recovery

Published: 2 September 2025
Categories: FEMA News

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. – FEMA continues to support the state of North Carolina as it leads community cleanup and restores infrastructure damaged by Tropical Storm Helene and other disasters. 

On Aug. 28, FEMA approved an additional $35 million in reimbursement funds for North Carolina disaster recovery. This brings the total in August alone to more than $160 million in recovery reimbursements to the state. 

Here are some of the notable FEMA grants obligated to the state and communities:

$19.6 million to the North Carolina Department of Transportation for permanent repairs to damaged public roadways in Ashe, Burke and McDowell counties.$4.6 million to the Metropolitan Sewage District of Buncombe County for permanent repairs to 143,500 linear feet of sewer lines.$1.9 million to the North Carolina Arboretum for permanent repairs to damaged and washed-out trails in Asheville. This project includes mitigation measures to improve drainage and minimize future flood damage. $1.8 million to Mitchell County for repairs to three ballfields and two playgrounds along Cane Creek. $1.5 million to McDowell County for emergency measures taken to protect health and safety following Helene. $1.3 million to the town of Marshall for emergency measures to provide power and prevent additional damage to the wastewater treatment plant. $1.3 million to the North Carolina Department of Corrections for the activation of its emergency operations center and emergency protective measures taken at five correctional facilities.

FEMA is reimbursing these costs

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Kilauea Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONS VA EMS to 7000 ft (2100 m)

Published: 2 September 2025
Categories: Global Volcano Activity

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Semeru Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA TO FL140 REPORTED FM GND AT 02/0958Z EST VA DTG: 02/1730Z to 14000 ft (4300 m)

Published: 2 September 2025
Categories: Global Volcano Activity

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East Java, Indonesia, -8.11°S / 112.92°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Semeru volcano eruptions:
1818, 1829, 1830, 1832, 1836, 1838, 1842, 1844, 1845, 1848, 1849(?), 1851, 1856, 1857, 1865, 1866(?), 1887, 1887, 1888, 1889-91, 1892, 1893, 1893-94, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909-10, 1910-11, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1941-42, 1945, 1946, 1946-47, 1950-64, 1967-ongoing
Typical eruption style
Explosive. Near constant strombolian activity, occasionally stronger explosions, lava flows and pyroclastic flows.

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Kilauea volcano (Hawai’i): 32nd lava fountaining episode started

Published: 2 September 2025
Categories: Global Volcano Activity

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Tue, 2 Sep 2025, 17:51 | BY: T

Lava fountains from Kilauea volcano early on 2 Sep 2025 local time (image: HVO webcam)

The 32nd lava fountaining episode has started from the volcano’s Halemaʻumaʻu summit crater a short time ago, at 6:35 a.m. HST local time on September 2, the Hawaiian volcano observatory (HVO) reported:
“At that time, north vent dome fountains transitioned into taller lava fountains, which have since become inclined at about 45 degrees northeast, similar to but less inclined than those of episode 31. Current fountains are about 500 feet (150 meters) high and arcing an equivalent distance into Halemaʻumaʻu crater. Past episodes have produced incandescent lava fountains over 1,000 feet (300 meters) high and the eruptive plume is currently 9000 feet (2700 m) above ground level up to 20,000 feet (6,000 meters) above ground level. According to the National Weather Service, winds

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