FEMA is activating two programs providing shelter and funding for individual households following wildfires on Hawaii's Big Island and Maui.
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on Monday announced the agency is activating two programs providing shelter and funding for individual households following wildfires in Hawaii that have thus far left at least 96 people dead – with the toll expected to rise.
Biden told reporters on Sunday he was looking at visiting Hawaii, but White House says there is nothing to share on a potential trip at the moment It will also provide one-time payments of $700 to eligible households through the Critical Needs Assistance program. Criswell noted this can be used for food, water, first aid, medical supplies or other critical needs.
“It was through that coordination that we were able to move our initial urban search and rescue teams very quickly to get into the area and begin the process,” she added. “It is extremely hazardous. There are structures that are partially standing that engineers have to clear first to make sure it's safe for the search and rescue teams to go into, make sure it's safe for the dogs to go into.”
White House press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre noted President Joe Biden was briefed by Criswell twice on Sunday and has spoken twice with Gov. Green in “recent days.”
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