Trump, Texas and FEMA
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Just weeks ago, President Donald Trump said he wanted to begin “phasing out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this hurricane season to “wean off of FEMA” and “bring it down to the state level.
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Multiple urban search and rescue teams from across the country that responded to the deadly floods in central Texas told CNN they were not deployed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency until at least Monday evening — days after any victim had been found alive.
Donald Trump has suggested that people were given “a lot of warning” ahead of the devastating floods in the Texas Hill Country on July 4.“The way this happened, there was a very early warning – warned a day before,
President Donald Trump has avoided talk of scrapping the federal disaster response agency after the catastrophic flash flood in Texas that killed more than 100 people, including children at an all-girls camp.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency included Camp Mystic in a "Special Flood Hazard Area" in its National Flood Insurance map for Kerr County, Texas, in 2011.
Trump was also quick to criticize the Federal Emergency Management Agency's response to both disasters, and as president, he has said he wants to "wean off" FEMA and phase out the agency in an effort to shift more responsibility for recovery to states.
El presidente Donald Trump ha evitado hablar sobre su plan de eliminar la agencia federal de respuesta a desastres tras la catastrófica
Emergency responders continue to search for missing people and local police said efforts have been slowed by "sightseers who are making things worse."