FEMA

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has guidance for survivors of natural disasters whose applications for financial assistance were rejected or the aid they received was not as much as they needed.

The tips include how to replace certificates, driver licenses, Social Security cards, Medicare cards, permanent residency cards, passports, federal tax returns, and military records.

The Legislature will look at proposals for emergency preparedness in a special session that was already planned over hemp laws. A bill to help build emergency systems failed in the spring.

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain.

Jeremy Greenberg was in charge of coordinating federal help after hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes and other emergencies. He has resigned from leading FEMA's National Response Coordination Center.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has a long history of failing to help those who need assistance the most after disasters. Biden-era changes meant to fix some of those problems now face an uncertain future.

Federal Emergency Management Agency's letters threatened to withhold millions of dollars in reimbursement funds if the city and Catholic Charities didn't share migrant information. Catholic Charities said sharing that information has already been standard operating procedure.

FEMA is withholding $13.2 million in funding for migrant housing and services for allegedly 'inducing' migrants.

A letter sent this week claims the grant recipients, including many Texas cities and counties, may have illegally 'induced' undocumented immigrants to enter the country.

To help homes survive more intense disasters, FEMA has been developing recommendations for stronger building codes. The Trump Administration has pulled them back.