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FEMA’s director defends the response to Texas flooding during a hearing with lawmakers.
David Richardson, the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, defended the Trump administration’s ...
Leaders of Texas town hit by floods frustrated over lack of answers from top emergency official
Officials in Ingram, Texas, which was hit hard by the July 4 floods, have urgent questions for their county’s emergency ...
Texas special session week 1: THC, redistricting, flood response
Lawmakers held hearings in Austin on some of the highest-profile items on the agenda, including flood response, redistricting and regulating THC.
Texas flood underscores flaws in local emergency preparedness
The first Legislative hearing into the July Fourth floods revealed gaps in training and communications. It also countered ...
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Live updates: Texas lawmakers hear from state agencies, emergency managers on Central Texas floods
A bipartisan panel of Texas House and Senate lawmakers were scheduled to hear from at least 17 state and local leaders during ...
FEMA head who resigned after Texas floods will return to Philadelphia Fire Department
Ken Pagurek, a longtime Philadelphia firefighter who served as chief of FEMA’s search and rescue branch for the past year, ...
Texas county’s emergency management coordinator was likely asleep in critical morning hours of deadly floods, sheriff says
Testimony will be heard from those in charge of managing rivers as well as emergency managers and first responders about the ...