Florida Helene and Milton Recovery Fact Sheet 076

UPDATES

• The State of Florida and local jurisdictions continue to lead post-disaster recovery from hurricanes Helene and Milton. FEMA continues support of these efforts with more than $11 billion in grants to survivors, reimbursements to communities, and flood insurance payments.
• Nearly $2.0 billion in recovery funds have been obligated to the state to reimburse Florida communities for debris removal, critical infrastructure repairs and emergency efforts.
  • $608 million has been obligated for debris removal. These funds helped with the removal of more than 31.67 million cubic yards of disaster related debris.
• FEMA has provided more than $1.7 billion to help Floridians with uninsured losses from Helene and Milton. FEMA, in collaboration with the state of Florida, has provided temporary housing units to a total of 649 families. To date, 309 of those families have already moved into more permanent housing solutions and 28 families purchased their unit.
• Nearly $7.6 billion has been paid to 65,869 families in the National Flood Insurance Program.
  • $6.4 billion paid on 49,284 Helene claims.
  • $1.2 billion paid on 16,585 Milton claims.