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FEMA's quick Texas response was 'the exception' as backlog grows under Trump
As natural disasters like flooding, tornadoes and landslides piled up this spring, FEMA accumulated a backlog of disaster ...
Camp Mystic leader may not have seen urgent alert before Texas flood, family spokesman says
The leader of Camp Mystic had been tracking the weather before the deadly Texas floods, but it is now unclear whether he saw ...
Houston Chronicle Uses 4 Sarcastic Words To Shred Kristi Noem’s Flood Response
The Houston Chronicle rebuked Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s response to the recent deadly floods in Texas. It published an editorial Monday which was sarcastically titled, “Heck of a job, ...
Camp leader may not have seen urgent alert before deadly Texas flood, family says
Uncertainty surrounds whether the leader of Camp Mystic received a critical National Weather Service warning before deadly floods struck Texas, a spokesman for the camp’s operators has revealed. The ...
Opinion
The technology exists to monitor and send flood warnings along the Guadalupe
The upper Guadalupe River is one of those rivers. The source of the Guadalupe River is in western Kerr County, where the north and south forks converge near Hunt. With no mitigating dams or flood ...
20 states sue DHS, FEMA for cuts to disaster mitigation program
States allege the Trump administration illegally ended FEMA's BRIC program, halting billions in disaster mitigation funding and putting storm-prone communities at risk.
The fight that could doom San Francisco’s moderate coalition
A dispute over an urban park is threatening to fracture San Francisco’s coalition of moderate Democrats, who’ve successfully ...