Florida Helene and Milton Recovery Fact Sheet 074

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• While Florida and local partners lead Helene and Milton recovery, FEMA has provided more than $11 billion in grants to survivors, reimbursements to communities, and flood insurance payments.
• More than $1.8 billion in recovery funds have been obligated to the state to reimburse Florida communities for debris removal, critical infrastructure repairs and emergency efforts.
  • $590 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, 286 of those families have already moved into more permanent housing solutions and 25 families purchased their unit.
• More than $7.6 billion has been paid to 65,722 families in the National Flood Insurance Program.
  • $6.4 billion paid on 49,147 Helene claims.
  • $1.2 billion paid on 16,575 Milton claims.