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What FEMA’s acting chief said about missed calls after Texas flooding
WASHINGTON D.C., DC — After the devastating Fourth of July flooding in Kerr County that claimed the lives of 137 people, FEMA ...
For these Mexican firefighters, finding migrants’ bodies on the border prepared them to help in the Texas flooding recovery
Techniques honed during routine Rio Grande searches proved invaluable in the search and recovery efforts after the ...
FEMA moved quickly to help Texas. These other states waited months.
Several states and two Native American tribes waited months for disaster aid, while hundreds of requests for critical ...
'24 hours too late': Fmr. FEMA official says Trump admin delays “cost lives” during Texas floods
Former FEMA official Jeremy Edwards joined Morning Joe after the resignation of the agency’s Urban Search and Rescue chief, ...
Texas county’s emergency management coordinator was likely asleep in critical morning hours of deadly floods, sheriff says
Testimony will be heard from those in charge of managing rivers as well as emergency managers and first responders about the ...
FEMA outreach center in Travis County will remain open through Friday
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, said Wednesday that it will keep its Disaster Outreach Center open through ...
Texas emergency warning bill, vetoed in 2019, will return in session
A bill Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed in 2019 could have increased participation in phone-based emergency warning systems, according ...
Billions in federal 2024 storm aid still flowing to Florida as FEMA's future debated
FEMA is still paying Florida claims on 2024 storms amid debate about whether the federal agency should continue to exist.