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Leaders of Texas town hit by floods frustrated over lack of answers from top emergency official
Ingram officials have been waiting to hear from Kerr County’s emergency management coordinator after feeling as if they were ...
What FEMA’s acting chief said about missed calls after Texas flooding
WASHINGTON D.C., DC — After the devastating Fourth of July flooding in Kerr County that claimed the lives of 137 people, FEMA ...
'24 hours too late': Fmr. FEMA official says Trump admin delays “cost lives” during Texas floods
Former FEMA official Jeremy Edwards joined Morning Joe after the resignation of the agency’s Urban Search and Rescue chief, ...
FEMA chief rejects criticism, calls Texas floods response ‘a model’ for dealing with disaster
The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to ...
FEMA moved quickly to help Texas. These other states waited months.
Several states and two Native American tribes waited months for disaster aid, while hundreds of requests for critical ...
Texas county’s emergency management coordinator was likely asleep in critical morning hours of deadly floods, sheriff says
Testimony will be heard from those in charge of managing rivers as well as emergency managers and first responders about the ...
‘That needs to change’ | Texas does not have minimum qualifications to be a local emergency manager
Firefighters, police, and EMS all need to undergo formal training and pass a test before hitting the street. People ...
Texas flood underscores flaws in local emergency preparedness
The first Legislative hearing into the July Fourth floods revealed gaps in training and communications. It also countered ...
After helping GOP-led Texas, Trump admin denies FEMA aid to another Democratic-led state
Donald Trump’s administration has denied Maryland’s request for FEMA aid to deal with the fallout of devastating floods in ...
FEMA’s director defends the response to Texas flooding during a hearing with lawmakers.
David Richardson, the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, defended the Trump administration’s ...
Texas emergency warning bill, vetoed in 2019, will return in session
A bill Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed in 2019 could have increased participation in phone-based emergency warning systems, according ...