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FEMA search and rescue teams take days to reach Texas after flooding as agency faces overhaul
Multiple urban search and rescue teams from across the country that responded to the deadly floods in central Texas told CNN ...
Did FEMA or NWS cuts affect Texas flooding response?
The Trump administration has cut staffing from both FEMA and the National Weather Service in the first half of 2025. Did ...
Noem defends policies amid reports FEMA didn't answer thousands of flood survivor calls
Kristi Noem is denying reports that claim her policies held up the government’s emergency response in the days following the ...
'I just don't know if I can count on FEMA right now': Connecticut Gov. Lamont as hurricane season continues
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont told Rev. Al Sharpton on "PoliticsNation" that he cannot count on FEMA this hurricane season. He ...
FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
Two days after deadly Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that ...
FEMA OK’d requests to move Camp Mystic buildings from flood map
Experts say Camp Mystic’s requests to amend the FEMA map could have been an attempt to avoid the requirement to carry flood ...
Former head of FEMA reacts to agency’s response to Texas floods
New reporting reveals multiple urban search and rescue teams from across the country that responded to the deadly floods in ...
Sec. Noem says FEMA ‘should not exist’ in its current form after Trump called for phasing it out
July 13, 2025 ...