More from the article...

... Why it matters: The numbers illustrate Americans' urgent financial needs in the immediate aftermath of natural disasters, and reflect the toll of storms like 2017's Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

- - - More help is now needed in the wake of Hurricane Helene, and more still is likely to be needed after Hurricane Milton, now bearing down on Florida's western coast.

Driving the news: The map above shows the total amount given to recipients in each U.S. state as part of FEMA's Individuals and Households Program (IHP) between January 2015 and April 2024. ...

[see the map in the article]

@#2 ... Ya think? ...

The title of the map is

... FEMA individual assistance payments
Total from January 2015 to April 2024

so it does not include any of the hurricanes we had in 2024.

@#4

Semantics aside, it is interesting the states that receive the most direct FEMA aid.