News and reports from the Department of Homeland Security.

News Release: ATLANTA - FEMA is meeting survivors where they are to help jumpstart their recovery from the Jan. 12 severe storms and tornadoes. FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) teams are going door-to-door in neighborhoods impacted by the storms to help individuals apply for FEMA assistance.

News Release: ATLANTA - FEMA is meeting survivors where they are to help jumpstart their recovery from the Jan. 12 severe storms and tornadoes. FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) teams are going door-to-door in impacted neighborhoods to help individuals apply for FEMA assistance.

News Release: LAKE MARY, Fla. - Less than four months after the major disaster declaration for Hurricane Ian, the Biden-Harris Administration has provided $5.2 billion in financial assistance, disaster loans and flood insurance for Floridians.

Release: LOS ANGELES - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at the five Los Angeles-area airports detected 142 firearms in travelers carry-on luggage in 2022. Every one of these firearms was discovered during the routine X-ray screening of carry-on property at airport security checkpoints. Nationwide last year, TSA officers found 6,542 firearms at 262 different airports.

News Release: DENTON, Texas - New flood maps have been finalized and will become effective on July 19, 2023, for portions of the cities of China Grove, Elmendorf, San Antonio and St. Hedwig; and unincorporated areas of Bexar County, Texas. During the next six months, a FEMA compliance specialist will work with the community to update each floodplain ordinance and adopt these new flood maps.

Release: SEATTLE - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers in Washington detected 164 firearms in travelers carry-on luggage in 2022, with the majority of the firearms discovered at Seattle-Tacoma International Airports (SEA) security checkpoints. Every one of these firearms was discovered during the routine X-ray screening of carry-on property. Nationwide last year, TSA officers found 6,542 firearms at 262 different airports.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas delivered remarks at the United States Conference of Mayors 91st Winter Meeting.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas delivered remarks at the United States Conference of Mayors 91st Winter Meeting.

News Release: DETROIT, MI - In his first two years as Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) led landmark bipartisan efforts to help ensure the federal government is better prepared to protect and serve communities in Michigan and across the country.

News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. made additional disaster assistance available to California by authorizing an increase in the level of federal funding for emergency work undertaken as a result of severe winter storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides, beginning on Dec. 27, 2022 and continuing.

The US Homeland Security Department published a seven page proposed rule on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: DENTON, Texas - New flood maps have been finalized and will become effective on July 19, 2023, for portions of the cities of Elmendorf and La Vernia; and unincorporated areas of Wilson County, Texas. During the next six months, a FEMA compliance specialist will work with the community to update each floodplain ordinance and adopt these new flood maps.

News Release: ATLANTA - Disaster survivors should be aware that con artists and criminals may try to obtain money or steal personal information through fraud or identity theft after a disaster. In some cases, thieves try to apply for FEMA assistance using names, addresses and Social Security numbers they have stolen from survivors.

News Release: BOSTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $5.8 million to the State of New Hampshire to reimburse Keene State College for the cost of providing testing for students, faculty and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A lead on a a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement tip line has resulted in the arrest last month in Spain of a foreign national on the Federal Bureau of Investigations' 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list.