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The Texas Floods Were a Preview of What’s to Come
Kerr County sits in a region known as Flash Flood Alley, and at least four cabins at Camp Mystic sat in an extremely ...
FEMA’s director defends the response to Texas flooding during a hearing with lawmakers.
David Richardson, the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, defended the Trump administration’s ...
Leaders of Texas town hit by floods frustrated over lack of answers from top emergency official
Officials in Ingram, Texas, which was hit hard by the July 4 floods, have urgent questions for their county’s emergency ...
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, ...
'24 hours too late': Fmr. FEMA official says Trump admin delays “cost lives” during Texas floods
Former FEMA official Jeremy Edwards joined Morning Joe after the resignation of the agency’s Urban Search and Rescue chief, ...
Texas flood underscores flaws in local emergency preparedness
The first Legislative hearing into the July Fourth floods revealed gaps in training and communications. It also countered ...
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 ...
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 ...