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FEMA funding cuts impact communities' ability to fix infrastructure before next major weather event
Chantal caused catastrophic flooding and six deaths in central North Carolina. Orange County leaders said the cost of repairs ...
North Carolina joins lawsuit suing FEMA for $200 million in cuts to flood, water and sewer projects
ENC cities and counties including Greenville, New Bern, Onslow County and Bertie County were set to receive a significant ...
Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response
As a warming planet delivers more extreme weather, experts warn that the Trump administration is dismantling the government’s ...
Disaster at FEMA
Noem is right that FEMA’s current deployment seems to not be working all that well. But no matter how officials describe ...
'Higher risk of harm from natural disasters': Trump admin sued for installing acting FEMA heads with 'no prior emergency management experience'
A collection of blue state attorneys general and a governor accused Trump of "unlawfully" installing acting FEMA administrators to "suddenly" shut down a "pre-disaster mitigation program." The post ...
After Texas flood, elected leaders say cuts to FEMA, NOAA can affect weather response
President Donald Trump has indicated wanting to phase out FEMA and have emergency responses be handled by states. Though the ...
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Before Tropical Depression Chantal Swamped Hillsborough, the Town Had Been Counting on FEMA
The Trump administration canceled a FEMA program in April that would have funded upgrades to protect the town from flooding.
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Federal government cuts key funding to extreme weather preparedness work in NY
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has cut a $3 million grant from the Exploitation of Mesonets for Emergency ...