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FEMA is still paying Florida claims on 2024 storms amid debate about whether the federal agency should continue to exist.
Uncertainty is hanging over this year’s hurricane season as meteorologists predict “above-normal” activity and the Trump ...
By Katherine Hafner/WHRO Last fall, after Hurricane Helene devastated communities in North Carolina, it swept into southwest ...
FEMA’s future is still likely to be decided by Congress ultimately. Emergency experts outraged after learning of US plans to phase out FEMA following hurricane season: 'Not even Trump can resist the ...
The last straw for the Senior FEMA Leader was the 72-hour delay to deploy search and rescue teams to the catastrophic ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is "not ready" for hurricane season in June, according to an internal review obtained by CBS News— as FEMA contends with staff cuts and a push by ...
Trump's comments were among the most direct to date indicating his intention to significantly downsize if not outright eliminate FEMA, which has an annual budget of around $30 billion and employed ...
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Craig Fugate, former FEMA administrator, about the challenges the U.S. faces with the impending arrival of Hurricane Milton weeks after Hurricane Helene.
Pennsylvania’s emergency director urged FEMA to reconsider policy changes that could raise aid thresholds and cost shares, ...
Economic Policy FEMA has enough funding for Hurricane Milton. What’s next is less certain. A disaster loan program at the Small Business Administration and other long-term FEMA projects could ...
FEMA has faced a wave of criticism and misinformation after Hurricane Helene. As a still-reeling Florida braces for Hurricane Milton's impact, the U.S. government's top disaster relief arm, the ...