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If FEMA Didn’t Exist, Could State’s Handle Disaster Response?
Imagine a world in which a hurricane devastates the Gulf Coast, and the U.S. has no federal agency prepared to quickly send ...
If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response alone?
FEMA pools national resources to help states quickly manage disasters. Without that federal support, each state would be left ...
If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response on their own?
“States don’t have that capability built to handle a disaster every single year,” Lynn Budd, director of the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security, told Stateline in an interview. Access to FEMA avoids ...
3 dead after storms bring record-breaking Texas floods, officials say
A large part of South Texas is reeling from life-threatening flooding that began overnight and continued into Friday morning.
The Shreveport Times27d
Watch vs. Warning. Where to go during tornado? Staying safe during severe weather in Louisiana
Louisiana has has seven federal Disaster Declarations for tornado events since 1965, according to the Governor's Office of Homeland Security. In relation to this, one of the deadliest tornado ...
Post-Disaster Assessments Enhanced By Lidar Technology In Hurricane And Flood Recovery Efforts
LiDAR's capacity to capture surface-level damage, water displacement, and terrain deformation in high resolution allows response ...
Trump’s plan to 'eliminate' FEMA would affect these states the most
The government's disaster relief agency sends out billions of dollars every year to help communities recover. They may soon ...
Saints Wire27d
When is tornado season in Mississippi? What the weather data says is the peak time in MS
Feb. 21, 1971: An F4 spawned in Issaquena County near the Louisiana line around 4 p.m. It traveled ... Counties along the Gulf have seen the most disaster declarations. The most severe storms leading ...
At least 4 deaths reported after over a half year’s worth of rain forces water rescues in parts of South Texas
Abandoned vehicles littered submerged roads across South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Thursday and Friday after over half year’s ...
The Clarion-Ledger27d
When is tornado season in Mississippi? What the weather data says is the peak time in MS
Feb. 21, 1971: An F4 spawned in Issaquena County near the Louisiana line around 4 ... Counties along the Gulf have seen the most disaster declarations. The most severe storms leading to FEMA ...