Disaster aid bill addresses hurricanes, wildfires, and more [Video]

Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid designed to address extensive damage caused by disasters after this week’s scramble to find consensus on a government spending bill.The money comes after back-to-back hurricanes — Helene and Milton — slammed into the southeastern United States this fall, leaving havoc in their wake. But the money would go to much more than just those two storms under the bill meant to keep the federal government funded through March 14.The disaster funding looked set to pass earlier this week until President-elect Donald Trump issued new demands that tanked a compromise and threatened a pre-Christmas federal shutdown. A slimmed-down version cleared Congress early Saturday when Republicans abandoned Trump’s core request.Here’s a look at what’s in the bill for disaster relief and where the money will go: The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief fund is essentially the country’s checkbook for emergencies. Out …