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After Texas floods, questions about FEMA's future loom large
TEXAS, JUL 9 – FEMA’s leadership changes and new spending controls have slowed disaster aid after Texas floods killed nearly 120 people, raising concerns about the agency’s future role, officials say.
- Flash floods in central Texas during President Trump's second term killed more than 100 people and caused widespread devastation.
- The disaster occurred amid Trump's ongoing plans to phase out FEMA and shift disaster response responsibilities to the states.
- FEMA faced criticism for delays, partly due to new rules requiring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's approval for contracts over $100,000 before releasing funds.
- Trump described the floods as a "once-in-every-200-year deal" and praised Noem's rapid response, while lawmakers questioned whether staff cuts impaired recovery efforts.
- The disaster intensified scrutiny of FEMA's future, with lawmakers calling for congressional hearings to evaluate federal preparedness and use of innovative forecasting technologies.
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Trump left Texas' fate to a missing-in-action leader - even as 120 are dead and 160 remain missing
The Trump administration has replaced its experienced Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) chief with a new acting administrator who has been notably absent during recent deadly floods in Texas. According to MSNBC, former FEMA chief Cameron Hamilton, who brought valuable experience as a Navy SEAL, combat medic, and former director of the Emergency Medical Services Division at the Department of Homeland Security, was fired last month follow…
The U.S. president had said in early June that he wanted to "delete" the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), considering it too bureaucratic and too slow. On the sidelines of the floods of 4 July, which killed at least 120 people in Texas, however, he signed a decree to strengthen the local authorities.
FEMA's former administrator explains how its funding helps after disasters like the flooding in Texas
One week after a catastrophic flooding swept through Texas' Hill Country, survivors and residents are looking for ways to put their lives back on track. And for many of them, that means help from the federal government and FEMA.Scripps News spoke with former FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on Friday, to learn more about how FEMA typically responds to natural disasters such as the floods in Texas.After a disaster like this, what kind of fundin…
Trump Tours Texas Flood Zone Testing Pledge To Dismantle FEMA
When disaster strikes, politics often take a backseat—at least temporarily. That’s the case with Donald Trump’s recent trip to flood-ravaged Texas. He surveyed the wreckage of a storm that has claimed over 120 lives and left more than 170 people missing. But behind the scenes? Tension is brewing.Trump, who once championed the idea of gutting FEMA—the very agency now leading relief efforts—has gone quiet on those plans. “Nobody ever saw a thing l…
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