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FEMA and NOAA officials are being forced to skip major hurricane and flood conferences ahead of disaster season because of ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has canceled a popular grant program that previously awarded millions of dollars for Hampton Roads projects meant to protect against natural disasters.
The cuts are part of a broader assault by President Trump and Kristi Noem, his homeland security secretary, on the federal government’s disaster ... FEMA cuts as “shortsighted and a massive ...
The state is already perennially near the bottom for receiving disaster-relief funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, largely because it isn’t at risk of hurricanes ...
published an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times citing ways FEMA could be improved and warning against simply abolishing it. “Spreading the risk and cost of disaster around the country is good ...
Jennifer Smith, CommonWealth Beacon April 11, 2025 AT SOME POINT between February and early March, as seasonal wind and rain ...
The cancellation of the program comes as the Trump administration says it may scrap FEMA altogether and give funds directly to the states to deal with disaster response as they see fit.
Consumer advocates argued for more up-to-date maps that could ... companies liable for natural disaster damage stalls Over ...
The Trump administration is slashing hundreds of millions of dollars in FEMA ... at risk," Congresswoman Grace Meng said. Experts say every single dollar invested in prevention saves $6 in ...
More than 1 million homes in Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco will be at moderate-to-high flood risk by 2050, according to CoreLogic.