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FEMA, Texas and Search and Rescue

FEMA under fire for 24-hour delay in sending search and rescue teams to deadly Texas floods

The scrutiny on the agency comes as President Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned the necessity of FEMA and called for states to take a greater role in disaster response.

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

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Head of FEMA Search and Rescue resigns over agency's response to Texas floods: Sources

Texas lawmakers confront flood response failures

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What FEMA’s acting chief said about missed calls after Texas flooding

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — After the devastating Fourth of July flooding in Kerr County that claimed the lives of 137 people, FEMA is under intense scrutiny from members of Congress over its response to the disaster, including claims that thousands of calls from survivors went unanswered in the critical days that followed.

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FEMA’s director defends the response to Texas flooding during a hearing with lawmakers.

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Missed warnings, delayed action: Texas lawmakers confront flood response failures

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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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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 ...

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FEMA moved quickly to help Texas. These other states waited months.

Several states and two Native American tribes waited months for disaster aid, while hundreds of requests for critical ...

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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 ...

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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Texas emergency warning bill, vetoed in 2019, will return in session

A bill Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed in 2019 could have increased participation in phone-based emergency warning systems, according ...

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Texas flood survivors offer mixed reviews of FEMA as the agency awaits uncertain future

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.

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Questions about FEMA’s future grow louder following its latest resignation

Kristi Noem suggested FEMA’s response to deadly Texas flooding was a model for the future. A resigning FEMA official ...

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