Puerto Ricans have largely rejected and resented the board, created a year before Hurricane ... emergency brain surgery, also ...
Hurricanes Helene and Milton have left the Federal Emergency Management Agency struggling to handle phone calls from ...
Fast forward to 2024, a referendum on Puerto Rico’s independence or possible statehood is on the ballot in the middle of ...
FEMA’s workforce “was overwhelmed” when three hurricanes — Harvey, Irma and Maria — hit Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico in quick succession in 2017. Agency call centers, plagued by “low morale and ...
ATLANTA — Governor Brian Kemp is extending the State of Emergency for Georgia that was put in place following Hurricane Helene. Kemp posted on X that "Georgians impacted by Hurricane Helene need ...
In Puerto Rico, a food program and a therapy center both received a much-needed boost from FEMA for infrastructure repairs.
[From the November 2022 issue: Let Puerto Rico be free] Hurricane Harvey had hit Texas a month earlier; there, FEMA had approved $142 million in individual assistance to hurricane victims within nine ...
During his four years as president, Trump tried and failed to repeal the ACA, even though the GOP controlled the House and ...
The former president said he has an “unbelievably good relationship with Puerto Rico,” though he faced intense criticism over his administration’s handling of 2017’s Hurricane Maria and ...
This score helps FEMA determine which areas to prioritize for aid, and it could put predominantly white areas at a significant disadvantage. Consider places like Buncombe County. Hurricane Helene ...