Winter Storm Could Stress FEMA's Readiness After Staffing Cuts
TL;DR
A massive winter storm could test FEMA’s readiness as the agency’s manpower is reduced under the Trump administration. With up to about 160 million people at risk of multi-day outages, FEMA has deployed incident management teams and state coordination resources, but watchdogs warn that staffing gaps and past proposals to dismantle FEMA programs could hamper response and recovery.
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- Massive snowstorm will test Trump’s strategy on disaster aid Politico
- DHS pauses cuts to FEMA as massive winter storm barrels in The Washington Post
- FEMA halts terminations of disaster workers as agency prepares for massive winter storm CNN
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