Federal Aid Claims Jump Tenfold After Series of Record-Breaking Disasters
Washington Post, Nov. 18, 2017–Joel Achenbach
More than 4.7 million Americans–or about 1.4 percent of the population–have registered so far this year for disaster aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In 2016, 480,000 sought aid, and fewer than 180,000 people registered for disaster assistance in each of the three previous years.
