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The visit by acting Administrator David Richardson is his first known trip to a disaster site since President Donald Trump made him FEMA’s top official.
Camp Mystic successfully appealed to remove several structures from a FEMA flood zone, despite being located in a high-risk flood area in Texas Hill Country.
The FEMA Review Council is now diving into what responsibilities could be offloaded to states or other entities
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has no immediate plans to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency amid ongoing discussions about the disaster relief agency's future, the Washington Post reported.
Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem denied that Texas flood victims could not contact FEMA's call centers in the days following the disaster.
Sens. Rubén Gallego and Richard Blumenthal say belt-tightening measures might have hampered the agency’s response.
Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott participated in the first meeting of a new council to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He criticized FEMA as “slow and clunky,” arguing that states are able to respond “more nimbly, more swiftly, more effectively” to disasters.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called on Wednesday for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be eliminated in its current form, even as the disaster-relief agency deployed specialists and supplies to Texas to help respond to devastating floods.
LA SAL, Utah (KUTV) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency authorized the use of federal funds to help with the costs of fighting the Deer Creek Fire. The fire, burning in San Juan County about 30 miles southeast of Moab, started on Thursday and has burned more than 7,500 acres. The fire is 0% contained.