Some FEMA applicants in Houston-are still waiting six months after Hurricane Beryl to be reimbursed for their generator purchases.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has announced that additional state emergency response resources ahead of potentially heavy rainfall across the state of Texas on Wednesday and Thursday.
A key population harmed by Donald Trump’s proposed shutdown of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be Americans living in “tornado alley” in the central U.S. and the flood and hurricane states of the southeast, which include a huge percentage of the president’s MAGA supporters.
El Paso County relies heavily on FEMA funding to support the sheltering of migrants. The Trump Administration could change that. The county used to work on a reimbursement basis, where NGOs would pay money and wait for it to come from the government.
President Trump recently floated the idea of getting rid of FEMA. It would take an act of Congress to make that happen.
Trump visited areas impacted by flooding in North Carolina and fires in California. He suggested abolishing FEMA and putting conditions on fire aid.
FEMA was absorbed by DHS in 2003, prompting criticism that its highly bureaucratic nature rendered the agency ineffective in addressing natural disasters.
President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that states should “take care of their own problems” rather than rely on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help them recover after natural disasters.
President Donald Trump said he'll sign executive order to eliminate or overhaul FEMA on Friday. What would that mean for Mississippi disaster relief?
A bill by Assemblymember John Harabedian aims to speed up housing recovery through a state-led task force to address the Palisades and Eaton Fires.
Donald Trump's mass deportations and threats against federal disaster relief could decimate efforts to rebuild after wildfires and floods in multiple states, including some that backed the newly inaugurated president.