Federal Emergency Management Agency

“I want to caution that this is not a definitive count, because the task force is continuing its work,” Cooper said. “The number will continue to fluctuate as more reports come in and others are resolved.”

The chairman of a House Homeland Security subcommittee is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to detail what it did to prepare for Hurricane Helene after it became clear there would be catastrophic flooding.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has run out of disaster relief funding for the second year in a row. Here’s what that means for future natural disaster recovery efforts.