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Henderson County reviews 2026 hazard mitigation update, warns some cities risk losing FEMA reimbursement
Summary
County emergency management staff said the 510-page 2026 hazard mitigation plan will be submitted to TDEM in April and later to FEMA; staff warned that two cities that failed to supply required data may be ineligible for FEMA reimbursement unless they join or submit their own plans.
Henderson County's emergency management coordinator briefed commissioners on the county's 2026 hazard mitigation plan update on March 17, outlining the submission timetable to the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and explaining implications for municipalities that did not provide required data.
"We are planning to submit around April 1 to TDEM to give us a couple of weeks to kind of clean this up," coordinator Mershane Remberg told…
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