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Disaster Recovery: Recent Disasters Highlight Progress and Challenges

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Oct. 22, 2019
Release Date Oct. 22, 2019
Report No. GAO-20-183T
Summary:

The federal government faces challenges in helping communities recover from disasters. Disaster costs are projected to rise as extreme weather becomes more frequent and intense. Federal disaster assistance since 2005 has topped $450 billion.

We testified that federal recovery programs are complicated and can be slow to provide help. For example, FEMA provided $2.4 billion to help communities recover from wildfires from 2015-2018. Yet, local officials cited challenges in providing housing, removing debris, and meeting FEMA’s paperwork requirements.

Aerial Photo of Wildfire Damage, Santa Rosa, California, October 11, 2017

Fire damage in residential area

Fire damage in residential area

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