FEMA, Texas and Flood
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Texas, flood and emergency management
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Former FEMA official Jeremy Edwards joined Morning Joe after the resignation of the agency’s Urban Search and Rescue chief, who reportedly quit over the Trump administration’s delayed response to deadly flooding in Texas.
One of the biggest revelations came from Chief Nim Kidd, head of the Texas Division of Emergency Management and a former San Antonio firefighter. Kidd described showing up in the flood zone with his radio—only to find he couldn’t communicate with his own San Antonio Fire Department colleagues.
Several states and two Native American tribes waited months for disaster aid, while hundreds of requests for critical emergency services remain on hold.
As contaminated Guadalupe River water receded following the deadly flooding in Kerrville, Texas, this month, residents returned to find their homes, vehicles and businesses destroyed.
A bill Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed in 2019 could have increased participation in phone-based emergency warning systems, according to experts and the bill’s
The flash floods that killed at least 135 people in Texas' Hill Country was the main topic during the opening of a special legislative session in the state on Monday.
Kristi Noem suggested FEMA’s response to deadly Texas flooding was a model for the future. A resigning FEMA official apparently doesn’t see it that way.
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KCEN-TV on MSNTexas Flooding | Kerr County updates, Texas parents White House protest, FEMA resignationsDozens of parents gathered outside the White House July 21. They brough 27 camp trunks, each one honoring a child's life lost from the flooding.