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The Trump administration has shifted from criticizing the federal emergency management agency to proposing its overhaul, while others argue that previous budget cuts contributed to the tragedy
Sens. Rubén Gallego and Richard Blumenthal say belt-tightening measures might have hampered the agency’s response.
Gov. Katie Hobbs questioned why the U.S. government decided to manage the Dragon Bravo fire, which started with a lightning strike, as a “controlled burn” during the height of the summer.
Elderly residents – some in wheelchairs and some dependent on oxygen tanks – were blinded by deadly smoke as they tried to escape an assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, which caught fire Sunday evening.
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Wiltshire Times on MSNLatest details on fires that had major emergency responseFire crews were called out to two fires in Devizes, Wiltshire after a home and a sperate building were found ablaze.
A small plane was involved in a 'collision' at London Southend Airport in Sussex, England, on Sunday, officials said.
Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. For months, officials at FEMA have been warning that the agency is unprepared for disasters due to the mass exodus of experienced emergency managers and the looming threat of it being dismantled.
On Friday, he and other Democratic members of Congress sent letters to the Federal Emergency Management Agency requesting details into the reported delay in providing flood response.