FEMA
See also: fema
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- (US) Acronym of Federal Emergency Management Agency.
- Alternative form: Fema
- 2021 August 26, Christopher Flavelle, “How Government Decisions Left Tennessee Exposed to Deadly Flooding”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 August 2021:
- FEMA produces maps showing which areas are at risk from flooding, so that homeowners, builders and local officials can make informed decisions about where and how to build houses.
- 2022 July 23, Christopher Flavelle, Edmund D. Fountain, “How the Government Is Failing Americans Uprooted by Calamity”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 8 August 2022:
- After a disaster, the two agencies chiefly responsible for helping victims are FEMA, which focuses on emergency shelter and limited home repairs, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which funds long-term rebuilding.
- 2025 July 12, Luke Broadwater, Shawn McCreesh, quoting Kristi Noem, “After Texas Disaster, Trump Shifts His Tone on FEMA”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 July 2025:
- Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, was even blunter during a March cabinet meeting, when she said point-blank: “We are going to eliminate FEMA.”
- 2025 October 2, Gabe Cohen, “In unusual move, FEMA halts preparedness grant money, orders states to recount their populations excluding deported migrants”, in CNN[4], archived from the original on 2 October 2025:
- The new rule adds another layer of bureaucracy and uncertainty for states already struggling to secure previously awarded federal funding as they face a series of grant program pauses, delays and rule changes at FEMA, several current and former FEMA officials told CNN.