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Disaster declaration delays: Missouri waits for aid as FEMA response time lengthens
Since President Trump took office, disasters like the recent St. Louis tornado no longer get quick responses from FEMA.
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 for disaster ...
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Future Caucus to examine disaster response in Missouri if FEMA shrinks or goes away
A recently created Missouri House caucus will examine how the state should prepare for natural disasters if the Federal ...
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Innamorato issues disaster declaration after flash floods hit eastern Allegheny County
Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato has declared a disaster emergency in response to flash flooding that swept through ...
Explainer-What is FEMA, US emergency agency under fire from Trump?
Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after David Richardson, the head of the U.S.
FEMA’s Hurricane Response in Jeopardy as New Leader Stumbles
The new FEMA head’s confusing comments and internal turmoil are raising concerns about the agency’s ability to handle a ...
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US disaster agency sparks concern with baffling move as hurricane season begins: 'Not ready'
"Some were confused how that would be possible." US disaster agency sparks concern with baffling move as hurricane season ...
FEMA Scraps New Hurricane Plan and Reverts to Last Year’s
The agency’s leader suggested he recently learned there was an annual hurricane season.