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As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of ...
Two days after deadly Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that ...
Records obtained by The New York Times show that FEMA laid off contractors the night of July 5, when flood waters were ...
FEMA is not shutting down but ‘rebranding’ to highlight local leaders’ roles in disaster response - In January, Trump floated the idea of minimizing FEMA if not getting rid of it as a whole – a positi ...
FEMA said it is encouraging survivors to be aware of fraud and con artists who commonly take advantage of disasters.
Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott participated in the first meeting of a new council to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He criticized FEMA ...
The president quickly committed vital funding for Republican-led Texas after last week's deadly flooding. But Democratic-led ...
FEMA was activated after Trump signed a Major Disaster Declaration for Kerr County, where 59 people were killed by flash ...
Jeremy Greenberg, the head of FEMA's National Response Coordination Center, submitted his resignation Wednesday and will depart the agency in two weeks.
As severe flooding devastates parts of Texas, many across the country are asking: What role does FEMA play in disaster response?Experts say the answer starts close to home. According to Dr. Njoki ...
As FEMA Shrinks, a Grassroots Disaster Response Is Taking Shape Aid groups, some of which helped after Hurricane Helene, are preparing to take on more responsibility when storms, floods and ...
One FEMA official directly involved in disaster response called the policy “a dramatic and unprecedented overreach” and contends that Noem “is effectively preventing the department from ...