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US senator seeks release of delayed security funds from FEMA
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency must release months-overdue funding notices for security grants that help cities, ports, synagogues and other entities prevent terrorist threats, Democratic Senator Andy Kim said in a letter sent to the Trump administration on Wednesday.
Why FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks
Even in areas that are mapped, like the Camp Mystic site in Kerr County, Texas, that was hit by a deadly flash flood on July 4, 2025, the maps may underestimate their risk because of a reliance on historic data and outdated risk assessments.
FEMA approved Camp Mystic appeals to exempt buildings from flood zone
Camp Mystic successfully appealed to remove several structures from a FEMA flood zone, despite being located in a high-risk flood area in Texas Hill Country.
Donald Trump Wants FEMA 'Remade,' Not Eradicated—DHS Secretary
The administration supported search and rescue operations in Kerr County, Texas, after at least 120 people died and dozens went missing in deadly floods.
Noem FEMA flood response, portrait poll: Darcy cartoon
Homeland Security Director and former South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem asked her Instagram followers which portrait of her they like best to display in the South Dakota State Capitol. Response from central Texas was low due to high flood waters and FEMA response delays.
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FEMA’s Texas-sized test
Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) participated in the first meeting of a new council to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He criticized FEMA as “slow and clunky,” arguing that states are able to respond “more nimbly, more swiftly, more effectively” to disasters.
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, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain.
Norman was ready to build a new flood warning system. Then FEMA axed the funding
President Donald Trump’s administration has systematically reduced states’ access to resources to safeguard their people against natural disasters.
Floods put Abbott, a disaster veteran, at crossroads of Trump’s FEMA rebrand
Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott participated in the first meeting of a new council to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He criticized FEMA as “slow and clunky,” arguing that states are able to respond “more nimbly, more swiftly, more effectively” to disasters.
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