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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 ...
Kerr County officials did not issue emergency alert until 2 days after deadly flood
Kerr County officials did not issue a locally targeted emergency alert to warn people in town of the rapidly rising waters ...
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How disaster relief and response work
This guide explains how federal, state, and local disaster response works — from applying for FEMA aid to documenting damage.
Floods put Abbott, a disaster veteran, at crossroads of Trump’s FEMA rebrand
Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott participated in the first meeting of a new ...
FEMA’s acting director is MIA — and the media hasn’t even noticed
Nearly one week after flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country and killed at least 119 people, it appears the acting ...
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Missouri Future Caucus wants to be proactive about disaster response and AI
Missouri state Reps. Marty Joe Murray and Colin Wellenkamp talked about their participation in the Future Caucus on the ...
Trump’s FEMA proposals, feud with Newsom could devastate California’s disaster response
California has increased its discretionary reserves as a direct consequence of Trump’s ongoing threats to FEMA.