Fema Generator News Today

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that nearly 1,000 federal responders are on the ground in Hawaiʻi to help the state recover from the devastating wildfires. In the days since President Biden declared a major disaster declaration for the state of Hawaiʻi, FEMA has approved more than $5.6 million in assistance to nearly 2,000 households including more than $2.3 million in initial rental assistance.

>> they bounce back quite a bit. a lot of businesses are closed. there are still a few people without power despite the government saying that 100% of power had been restored to customers. we spoke with one person. he still doesnt have power. the ability to run his businesses, his restaurant, because of a recently installed fema generator. some people say it could take a long, long time, years really to fully recover from this. >> you spoke to one official many blamed for the power failures on t...

We found one man who is still not on the electrical grid, was only able to have power to his restaurant because of a recently installed fema generator. he says he feels abandoned. a year after the storm and youre still without power? he has run this restaurant in the yucca national forest for almost 40 years. i didnt think the hurricane would be this bad, he says. he was trapped in his restaurant for five days after the storm. his business and home are powered by a generator that fema only recen...