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FEMA search and rescue teams take days to reach Texas after flooding as agency faces overhaul

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 ...

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Deadly Texas flooding puts Trump’s past talk of eliminating FEMA to the test

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Dem Calls for Investigation of Kristi Noem Over Fema's Texas Flood Response

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Noem Defends FEMA Response to Texas Floods

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, defended the federal government’s response on Sunday to catastrophic flooding in Texas that left more than 120 dead.

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Emergency crews suspend search for flooding victims in central Texas amid new flood warnings

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Flood Watch Issued for Kerr County, Texas, With Chance for Heavy Rain

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Evacuations ordered as flooding returns to central Texas

A flash flood emergency was issued for southeastern San Saba County, including Colorado Bend State Park, where six to eight inches of rain fell in six hours.

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39 Illinois rescuers headed to Texas to assist with deadly flooding

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Texas leads nation in flood deaths due to geography, size and population

FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings

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FEMA Deleted Texas Camp's Buildings from Flood Map—Report

Federal regulators approved appeals to remove buildings from the 100-year flood hazard map of Camp Mystic, reducing regulatory oversight in a high-risk floodplain in Texas before torrential waters str...

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FEMA approved Camp Mystic appeals to remove buildings from flood zone

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FEMA Removed Dozens of Camp Mystic Buildings From 100-Year Flood Map Before Expansion, Records Show

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Camp Mystic buildings were removed from flood map, US media reports

Syracuse University associate professor Sarah Pralle, who has studied the Fema flood maps, said she found it "perplexing" that the riverside camp had been granted exemptions from the maps.

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FEMA OK’d requests to move Camp Mystic buildings from flood map

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FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from flood insurance map in 2014, records show

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Noem defends FEMA response to Texas floods amid scrutiny

The Homeland Security chief denied that a memo she issued in June requiring her to approve FEMA expenditures over $100,000 caused the agency to move more slowly.

After Texas Disaster, Trump Shifts His Tone on FEMA

Just days into his second term, President Trump said he was going to recommend that the Federal Emergency Management Agency “go away,” dismissing the agency as bloated and ine

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Noem on claims that new FEMA rule delayed resources to Texas: ‘Absolutely false’

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem denied reports suggesting the deployment of resources to Texas was delayed because of her new rule requiring her personal sign off on all FEMA contracts or

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Texas flooding, and politics around it, underscore the challenges Trump faces in replacing FEMA

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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Gov. Greg Abbott activates state emergency response resources as new storms threaten flood-weary Texas

Forecasters warn that slow-moving storms could bring heavy downpours to already saturated areas, increasing the risk of flash flooding.