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FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response
The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can ...
Exclusive: ‘A more vulnerable nation’: FEMA memos lay out risks of plan to cut $1B in disaster and security grants
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed cutting nearly $1 billion in grant funding for communities and first ...
‘We’ve been ghosted by FEMA’: Officials across country say they can’t get answers on critical funding
As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of ...
FEMA search and rescue teams take days to reach Texas after flooding as agency faces overhaul
Multiple urban search and rescue teams from across the country that responded to the deadly floods in central Texas told CNN they were not deployed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency until at ...
5 things to know for July 22: Heat dome, Epstein files, Food benefits, FEMA, Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. The heat is on — and millions are about to feel it ...
Plane makes emergency landing after passenger tries to open door during flight
A regional jet made an emergency landing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday evening after a passenger tried to open an ...
FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening ...
Flames from engine cause flight to declare an emergency and return to LAX
The FAA is investigating after a Sun Country Airlines Boeing 737 returned to Los Angeles International Airport with flames ...
20 states sue FEMA for canceling grant program that guards against natural disasters
Twenty Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, challenging the ...
US set to destroy 500 tons of US-taxpayer funded emergency food
The United States is set to destroy nearly 500 metric tons of US-taxpayer funded emergency food meant for starving people ...
Dozens feared killed after plane crashes in Russia’s Far East, state media reports
Almost 50 people including children are feared dead after a Soviet-era passenger plane crashed in Russia’s far eastern Amur ...
Kerr County commissioners hold first meeting since catastrophic Texas flooding
Kerr County commissioners discussed ongoing search and rescue efforts Monday in their first official meeting since catastrophic flooding killed more than 100 people in the county over the July 4 ...