Exclusive: FEMA Didn’t Sufficiently Staff Disaster Hotline After Texas Floods

Exclusive: FEMA Didn’t Sufficiently Staff Disaster Hotline After Texas Floods

In the days after disastrous floods tore through Texas Hill Country last month, tens of thousands of calls to a federal aid hotline went unanswered, after FEMA failed to fund the call center. We discuss how the Trump administration’s government restructuring plans led to this problem and what it could mean for future disasters.

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