MIXED OPINIONS ON FEMA RESPONSE. In the months since Helene, News 13 has talked to several people frustrated by what they call a lack of help for those impacted by the storm, especially when it ...

Larger states often need help, too. When a 2021 winter storm overwhelmed Texas' power grid and water infrastructure, FEMA coordinated the delivery of essential supplies, including water, fuel ...

The director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency sent his federal counterpart a letter this month urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reconsider proposed policy changes and ...

Access to FEMA avoids the need for expensive disaster response infrastructure in each state. States might be able to arrange regional cooperation. But state-led responses and regional models have ...

Critics of FEMA have long called for a better, less complicated disaster response system, pointing out that the agency often is tasked with doing too much, which hinders its ability to respond ...

The Trump administration's budget cuts at NOAA and FEMA will have an adverse affect on how the U.S. responds to hurricanes, ... Trump praises ‘unity’ and ‘competence’ in Texas flood response.

FEMA losing roughly 20% of permanent staff, including longtime leaders, ... including some of its most experienced and knowledgeable leaders who manage disaster response. ...

For a closer look at the federal response to Hurricanes Milton and Helene, Geoff Bennett spoke with Keith Turi, acting associate administrator for response and recovery at FEMA.

Since former President Jimmy Carter created FEMA in 1979, it has become a massive federal agency with a budget of $29.5 billion in fiscal 2023.

More FEMA officials step down as hurricane season gets underway 05:07. The head of FEMA's National Response Coordination Center — a position responsible for the government's response to storms ...