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Trump's FEMA Cuts Put You at Risk

CNN on MSN · 1h

FEMA workers warn agency at risk of Hurricane Katrina-type failures

More than 180 current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency employees – most signing anonymously – sent a sharply worded letter to Congress on Monday, warning that the Trump administration’s sweeping overhaul is gutting the disaster relief agency’s authority and capabilities,

The Daily Beast on MSN · 4h

FEMA Staffers Warn Trump Is Risking Another Hurricane Katrina-Level Disaster

Donald Trump’s administration is undoing emergency response systems introduced in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, concerned FEMA staffers have warned. In a letter to Congress, Federal Emergency Management Agency employees sounded the alarm over the stripping back of federal infrastructure and resources,

FEMA staff tell Congress inexperience of Trump officials risks Katrina-style disaster

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nearly three dozen staff at the U.S. agency that responds to natural disasters warned Congress in a letter on Monday that the inexperience of the Trump administration's top appointees could lead to a catastrophe on the level of Hurricane Katrina.

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My NBC5 on MSN · 13m

20 years since Hurricane Katrina, the nation's emergency response is at another crossroads

Hurricane Katrina exposed major gaps in federal disaster response and prompted reforms. Now, FEMA is at another crossroads under the Trump administration.

Houston Chronicle · 1h

Hurricane Katrina: 3 painful lessons for emergency management are increasingly important 20 years later

Hurricane Katrina looms large in the history of American emergency management, both for what went wrong as the disaster unfolded and for the policy changes it triggered. As the nation looks back on the disaster 20 years later,

CBS News · 20h

20 years after Hurricane Katrina, communities are still struggling

This week marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, killing nearly 1,400 people. Today, some communities are still struggling to recover. Kati Weis reports from Alabama's Gulf Coast.

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The rose that survived Hurricane Katrina—and now blooms across the country

Its origin is a mystery, but the Peggy Martin rose weathered weeks underwater after one of America’s most devastating storms.

Fox Weather on MSN4h

Bryan Norcross: Remembering Hurricane Katrina in South Florida as tropics quiet down

August 25 was a Thursday in 2005. Just two days before, new Tropical Depression Twelve had formed over the Bahamas. From the ...

Nieman Journalism Lab3h

Hurricane Katrina and the press, 20 years on

We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.

A retired general recalls Hurricane Katrina's chaos and lessons still unlearned

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, who led recovery efforts as commander of Joint Task ...

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Watch WWL’s Hurricane Katrina 20th Anniversary Special Live

Viewers can watch the Katrina 20th anniversary special live on WWL-TV or stream it online through our free streaming app WWL+ ...

New Orleans events this week mark Hurricane Katrina 20th anniversary

A number of events this week in New Orleans will commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the federal levee ...

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This week’s TV: Spike Lee revisits Hurricane Katrina in ‘Come Hell and High Water’

Your TV GPS, a look at the week ahead in television, appears every Monday morning on BostonGlobe.com. Today’s column covers ...

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New Orleans clergy say 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, Black communities still waiting for promises to be fulfilled

Devastating hurricanes have left the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, a historically Black community, struggling for recovery ...

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Share your memories, photos from Hurricane Katrina | TELL 26 poll

The 59-year-old is as gorgeous as ever in new photos 28 years since portraying Sam Thomas. Unsealed court docs claim Justin ...

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