Best Read FEMA Headlines
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#1 FEMA Chief Resigns After Six Months, Criticism Over Floods
Nov 17 2025 // The Trump administration’s top official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, David Richardson, resigned on Monday after about six months on the job. Richardson had no emergency management experience when he...
#2 Viewpoint: Can Parametric Insurance Bridge the FEMA Gap?
Oct 15 2025 // The way communities nationwide recover from natural disasters may never be the same. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) expired on September 30. Simultaneously, pending congressional legislation stands to...
#3 FEMA Denies Maryland Disaster Aid Request for Western Counties Hit by May Floods
Jul 25 2025 // The Trump Administration has denied Maryland’s request for federal disaster aid for damage caused by severe storms and flooding on May 13 and 14 in Allegany and Garrett Counties in the western part of the state. Gov....
#4 Some in Helene-Hit North Carolina Embrace Trump’s Talk of Abolishing FEMA
Feb 18 2025 // SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Emily Russell remembers feeling hopeful after she managed to get an appointment with the Federal Emergency Management Agency not long after Hurricane Helene ripped though her home in Swannanoa,...
#5 Florida Congresswoman Indicted on Charges of Misusing $5M in FEMA Funds
Nov 20 2025 // A federal grand jury in Miami has indicted U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and others, charging that they used federal disaster relief funds for her 2021 Congressional campaign. Federal prosecutors said...
#6 Federal Judge Stops FEMA From Diverting Infrastructure, Disaster Mitigation Grants
Aug 6 2025 // A federal judge has granted the request of 20 states to block the Trump administration’s attempt to terminate a multibillion-dollar grant program meant for states’ infrastructure upgrades and disaster...
#7 Trump Administration Considers Moving FEMA to Texas, Report Says
Nov 18 2025 // The Trump administration is weighing whether to relocate the Federal Emergency Management Agency to Texas and tap the state’s top emergency official to lead it, Politico reported Monday, citing two former senior FEMA...
#8 Trump Proposes ‘Getting Rid of FEMA’ While Touring Disaster Areas
Jan 27 2025 // President Donald Trump on Jan. 24 surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina and said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, offering the latest sign of how...
#9 Lawmakers Press FEMA on the Future of US Flood Insurance
Sep 29 2025 // Two Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration about its management of the National Flood Insurance Program after cuts at the agency that runs it, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In a letter to...
#10 Trump Can’t End FEMA But It Needs Reform, Says Obama’s FEMA Head
Jun 17 2025 // President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he intends to whittle down or phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and last week he gave a rough timeline for that: “after hurricane season.” “We...
#11 With Storms, Flooding and Potential FEMA Cuts, Parametric Flood Is on the Rise
Sep 4 2025 // With inland flooding, storm surge losses and government cutbacks on the rise, parametric flood insurance may finally be having a moment in Florida and elsewhere in the Southeast. “It’s starting to get some...
#12 NAMIC Voices Support for FEMA Reform Bill
Nov 13 2025 // It did not taking long for one of the industry’s trade associations to spring to action following Congress’s return to work after a lengthy government shutdown. The National Association of Mutual Insurance...
#13 Neptune Flood: 77% of At-Risk Homes Outside FEMA Zones Have No Flood Insurance
Aug 7 2025 // Many homeowners underestimate their flood risk, leaving millions uninsured or underinsured in the face of a rising tide of flood events. A 2025 study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (FRBP) found 70% of annual...
#14 FEMA Removed Several Camp Mystic Buildings From 100-Year Flood Map, Records Show
Jul 14 2025 // 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 in the years before...
#15 DHS Secretary Noem Fires Two Dozen at FEMA Citing Cyber Lapses
Sep 2 2025 // Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that she fired two dozen employees from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after a review determined significant flaws had allowed a hacker to access to FEMA’s...
#16 Trump Administration Is Rolling Out a New Way to Shrink FEMA’s Role
May 30 2025 // When a series of deadly storms and tornadoes pummeled Arkansas in mid-March, downing power lines and tearing up homes, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders asked the federal government for money to not only help repair the...
#17 Loss of FEMA Program Spells Disaster for Hundreds of Communities and Projects
Apr 30 2025 // The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials believed federal money would be key to the town’s overdue revitalization. They hoped an...
#18 ‘Don’t Get in My Way,’ the New Acting Head of FEMA Warns Staff
May 12 2025 // The new head of the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country warned staff in a meeting Friday not to try to impede upcoming changes, saying that “I will run right over you” while...
#19 State Officials Say New Rules, Delays for FEMA Grants Put Disaster Response at Risk
Oct 21 2025 // State officials on the front lines of preparing for natural disasters and responding to emergencies say severe cuts to federal security grants, restrictions on money intended for readiness and funding delays tied to...
#20 ‘Abolishing FEMA’ Memo Outlines Ways for Trump to Scrap Agency
Jun 17 2025 // Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to prepare a memo on how to abolish itself and create a re-branded, radically smaller disaster response organization, according to a...
