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After Tennesseans apply for FEMA disaster assistance for the April 2-24 severe storms, a home inspection may be necessary to ...
Thousands of FEMA calls went unanswered following the Texas floods after a mass of contracts went unrenewed by DHS Secretary ...
FEMA was ready to respond to this week's floods in Texas—but was delayed by administrative hurdles and approval processes ...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been exerting more direct control over the agency, which President Donald Trump ...
FEMA staff have also been answering phones at a disaster call center, where, according to one agency official, callers have ...
Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders are looking for clues about the money — and the future of FEMA itself.
U.S. Senator Patty Murray is sounding off as the Trump administration denied the State of Washington a Major Disaster Declaration to unlock FEMA assistance in recovery from a bomb cyclone that hit ...
Currently 32,700 FEMA assistance applications in Florida are still pending, and the agency said that's mostly, because of missing documentation.
While FEMA has provided substantial disaster relief funding nationally, the delay in Missouri is causing hardship for residents affected by the tornado.
St. Louis waits for aid as FEMA response to Missouri disasters is slowest in 15 years It is part of a pattern in Trump’s second term of longer waits and, oftentimes, denials of state requests ...
There are regulatory timelines, especially for individual assistance, that are in play, and these delays do affect the delivery of assistance,” a longtime FEMA official, speaking anonymously out ...