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Leaders of Texas town hit by floods frustrated over lack of answers from top emergency official

Ingram officials have been waiting to hear from Kerr County’s emergency management coordinator after feeling as if they were ...
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FEMA Director Defends Texas Flood Response as ‘Model’ for Disasters

David Richardson, the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), on Wednesday defended his agency’s ...

'24 hours too late': Fmr. FEMA official says Trump admin delays “cost lives” during Texas floods

Former FEMA official Jeremy Edwards joined Morning Joe after the resignation of the agency’s Urban Search and Rescue chief, ...

Texas flood underscores flaws in local emergency preparedness

The first Legislative hearing into the July Fourth floods revealed gaps in training and communications. It also countered ...

FEMA’s response to Texas flood slowed by Noem’s cost controls

As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

FEMA head who resigned after Texas floods will return to Philadelphia Fire Department

Ken Pagurek, a longtime Philadelphia firefighter who served as chief of FEMA’s search and rescue branch for the past year, ...
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House Democrat Grills Trump’s FEMA Boss About Deadly Texas Flood: Do the Victims ‘Deserve an Apology?’

"You seem uninterested in learning what went wrong and how to respond better. Do the victims and survivors in Texas deserve ...

Texas county’s emergency management coordinator was likely asleep in critical morning hours of deadly floods, sheriff says

Testimony will be heard from those in charge of managing rivers as well as emergency managers and first responders about the ...