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Maddow Blog | Following Texas flood, Team Trump faces uncomfortable questions about FEMA’s future
On Friday, as many Americans learned of devastating flooding in Texas and the heartbreaking losses from the disaster, a ...
Trump visits Texas to assess flood damage amid questions over FEMA’s future
President Donald Trump is visiting Texas to survey the damage from recent flash flooding that claimed at least 120 lives. He ...
As FEMA aids Texas flood victims, Noem urges eliminating US agency 'as it exists today'
July 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called on Wednesday for the Federal Emergency Management ...
After Texas flood, elected leaders say cuts to FEMA, NOAA could affect weather response
Some governors and mayors are concerned over how current or potential cuts to agencies will impact how the government can ...
FEMA Is Holding Up $2.4 Billion in Grants to Fight Terrorism, States Say
FEMA officials are two months behind in posting grant application guidelines, which are expected to reflect President Trump’s ...
Uncertainty of future FEMA disaster funding alarms Bay Area emergency planners
On a FEMA color-coded hazard map, Alameda, Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties are shaded dark red, indicating an area with ...
States Fear Critical Funding From FEMA May Be Drying Up
Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders ...
‘We’ve been ghosted by FEMA’: Officials across country say they can’t get answers on critical funding
As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of ...
WWL Louisiana presses governor on FEMA funding
NEW ORLEANS — On Wednesday, leaders at the highest levels of the federal government arrived in New Orleans to discuss the ...
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Uncertainty of future FEMA disaster funding alarms Bay Area emergency ...
County emergency planners have taken notice. Contra Costa, for one, lacks the capacity to fill the federal funding gaps if FEMA follows through on proposed rollbacks, Kovar said.
Floods are getting more dangerous around the country, not just in Texas
North Carolina, New Mexico and Texas have all suffered deadly floods in the last week after intense rain storms. Climate ...