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President Donald Trump visited Texas to assess flood damage as his administration considers significant changes to FEMA.
The governor and top emergency official in Texas are both members of a council advising the Trump administration on options for eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
California is sending urban search and rescue teams to Texas to assist with flood-related operations.
Strained emergency response As FEMA staff have warned, canceling BRIC cuts down on essential planning, coordination and training, all critical for hurricane and flood readiness.
Deep in the marshy wetlands of the Florida Everglades – less than 50 miles west of President Donald Trump’s Doral resort in Miami – sits the latest battleground in his administration’s ...
Here’s what we know about the Trump administration’s plans to eliminate FEMA. When will FEMA be eliminated? President Trump says the agency could be eliminated as soon as December 2025.
Cuts to FEMA and other agencies will lead to slow disaster response, former administrator says “It just slows down the entire response and delays the recovery process from starting,” the ...
Environment FEMA funding once canceled, again headed to Westport for tsunami evac tower About $15 million will help the city build a tsunami evacuation tower.
FEMA canceled $150 million in flood control grants, halting upgrades and possibly increasing flood risk in parts of South Florida.