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The gulf is eerily quiet. That's one consolation weeks into what's expected to be a busier than usual Atlantic hurricane ...
JACKSON, Miss. — For several years after Hurricane Katrina, ads selling FEMA trailers were on the Internet and in publications. At its peak, there were more than 45,000 temporary housing units ...
More than nine years after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, billions of tax dollars in recovery funds remain in limbo because the vast majority of federally backed projects in New Orleans ...
“No. Not even Trump can resist the blowback of not helping out after an event like Hurricane Katrina,” said Craig Fugate, who ...
Aid groups, some of which helped after Hurricane Helene, are preparing to take on more responsibility when storms, floods and ...
According to an analysis from reinsurer Swiss Re, a repeat of 2005’s hurricane Katrina hitting in an identical manner using ...
While people drowned on live TV, FEMA turned away rescue efforts. The buses that could have saved 20,000 sat underwater. This ...
The Trump administration is weakening FEMA's ability to respond to disasters and refusing to provide federal funding for ...
By comparison, Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 storm that devastated New Orleans, killed more than 1,800 and cost about $200 billion, according to federal estimates.
Opinion
FEMA Is Not Prepared
Reuters reported yesterday that acting FEMA head David Richardson suggested during a meeting with employees that he was unaware of the very existence of a hurricane season. A spokesperson for the ...