Is FEMA ready for the coming hurricanes, floods and fires? | The Excerpt

Trump-era cuts left FEMA stretched thin for last year’s hurricanes. One season later, is the agency ready for what’s next?
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Trump FEMA reform shifts $1.5 billion cost burden of aid onto states and survivors, new report warns. What this could cost you if disaster strikes

An emergency preparedness advocacy group is sounding the alarm that potential reforms to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) operations could leave victims on the hook for “a cumulative ...
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3 big changes are proposed for FEMA. This is what experts really think of them

The Trump administration is proposing massive changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. We asked disaster experts to weigh in. 3 big changes are proposed for FEMA. This is what experts ...
The New York Times

It’s Harder Than Ever to Get Federal Disaster Aid. Even in Red States.

During President Trump’s second term, the disaster declarations that unlock money are taking longer than in the past. Blue states wait the longest and they hear ‘no’ more often. By Scott Dance and ...
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3 big changes are proposed for FEMA. This is what experts really think of them

Preliminary recommendations by that council would "eliminate FEMA as we know it today," according to a draft of its report obtained by NPR. The 89-page draft dates from December, when the FEMA Review ...
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3 big changes are proposed for FEMA. This is what experts really think of them

A damaged house near the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas, after deadly flash floods hit the area in July 2025. Rural communities rely on federal disaster funds to recover after such weather ...
NPR

3 big changes are proposed for FEMA. This is what experts really think of them

The Trump administration is undertaking the biggest overhaul of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in a generation. President Trump has been a vocal critic of the disaster response agency ...