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After Texas floods, questions about FEMA's future loom large
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been exerting more direct control over the agency, which President Trump has ...
Harrowing stories of rescue emerge from Texas floods as crews search for over 160 reported missing
Texas police described some of the harrowing rescues they conducted after flash floods engulfed camps and homes in the ...
In Texas flood response, FEMA slowed by Noem’s cost controls
As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...
Sole confirmed survivor of 6-person family picking up the pieces after Central Texas floods
Devyn Smith clung to a tree as muddy, debris-laden water rushed beneath her. She was ripped more than 15 miles from where she ...
These Mexican camp counselors put on 'brave faces' to protect girls during Texas floods
On the morning of July 7, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo expressed condolences for the lives lost in the floods.
Texas flooding, and politics around it, underscore the challenges Trump faces in replacing FEMA
Noem said the rapid delivery of funds to Texas resembled the “state block grants” model Trump has promoted. It’s an idea that ...
Gov. Greg Abbott adds flood response, disaster readiness to special session after deadly Central Texas floods
The special session agenda includes 18 legislative priorities, with several directly addressing the recent disaster.
Texas county hard-hit by floods had contract, meeting set for warning system
A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with emergency response, local officials said.