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Hurricane Katrina, FEMA and Trump Administration

FEMA workers warn agency at risk of Hurricane Katrina-type failures

More than 180 current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency employees – most signing anonymously – sent a sharply worded letter to Congress on Monday, warning that the Trump administration’s sweeping overhaul is gutting the disaster relief agency’s authority and capabilities,

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FEMA Employees Warn Trump Administration Has Ignored Lessons Of Hurricane Katrina

In a "Katrina Declaration," dozens of FEMA employees warned that the agency is ill-prepared for the next natural disaster.

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FEMA staff argue Trump administration's cuts risk undoing progress since Katrina

A group of current and former FEMA officials is blasting the Trump administration for its sweeping changes to the disaster relief agency, days before the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

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20 years after Hurricane Katrina, a barrier island in Alabama is disappearing

Dauphin Island has been shrinking and is now facing a dire existential crisis. It will take millions of dollars from several ...

20 years since Hurricane Katrina, the nation's emergency response is at another crossroads

Hurricane Katrina exposed major gaps in federal disaster response and prompted reforms. Now, FEMA is at another crossroads ...

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Former FEMA administrator lays out concerns about the agency as prime hurricane season begins

With the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this week, current and former employees of the Federal Emergency Management ...

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FEMA employees call for reforms to restore disaster response capacity ahead of Katrina anniversary

The “Katrina Declaration and Petition to Congress" calls out reductions to CERT, the National Fire Academy and hazard grants as weakening national disaster readiness ...

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SPCA's experience with rescuing animals after Katrina has a lasting effect on emergency planning

Rescuing animals and reuniting them with their owners in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was an arduous mission for the ...

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After Hurricane Katrina, the Superdome was a ‘symbol of misery and suffering.’ 5 years later, it was the home of the champs

On August 28, 2005, thousands of people queued to enter the Superdome, just as they had done countless times since the ...

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Watch ‘Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years After the Storm with Robin Roberts’

Royal Experts Explain the Real Reason Prince William and Kate Middleton Don’t Have Any Live-In Staff ‘Burger King mom’, who ...

Remembering Hurricane Katrina — and why we need reminding

Twenty years on, a season of films at MoMA examines the disaster’s lasting impact and the indelible images it left us with ...

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