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New York joins multistate suit after Trump administration's FEMA cuts
The state of New York joined several other states Wednesday in a lawsuit against the Trump administration's closure of a ...
US senator seeks release of delayed security funds from FEMA
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency must release months-overdue funding notices for security grants that help cities ...
Why FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks
Even in areas that are mapped, like the Camp Mystic site in Kerr County, Texas, that was hit by a deadly flash flood on July ...
FEMA’s Texas-sized test
Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) participated in the first meeting of a new ...
Norman was ready to build a new flood warning system. Then FEMA axed the funding
President Donald Trump’s administration has systematically reduced states’ access to resources to safeguard their people ...
FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp ...
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Donald Trump Wants FEMA 'Remade,' Not Eradicated—DHS Secretary
The administration supported search and rescue operations in Kerr County, Texas, after at least 120 people died and dozens ...
Heckuva time to make an appearance: Trump's FEMA chief drops in on Texas flood zone
Rachel Maddow introduces viewers to the unfamiliar image of Donald Trump's pick to lead FEMA, David Richardson, who finally ...
Fate of US disaster relief agency FEMA still being discussed
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has no immediate plans to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency amid ...