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FEMA to send Georgia more than $300 million in Hurricane Helene relief after accusations of delays
The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday announced it would send $350 million in funding to localities and electric cooperatives for relief efforts following Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Debby.
A task force created by President Donald Trump plans to recommend the most sweeping overhaul of FEMA in decades, dramatically reducing the federal agency’s role in disaster response by cutting its workforce in half and rolling out a new block grant system designed to get aid to communities faster and with less bureaucratic hassle.
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined the lawsuit in July, alongside fellow Democratic attorneys general from more than 20 other states, after FEMA officials announced in April 2025 that the BRIC program was ending. This came as the Trump administration was also considering eliminating the agency entirely.
A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the Trump administration to restore billions in canceled FEMA disaster mitigation funding.
After years of promoting baseless claims of voter fraud that President Donald Trump has frequently touted, a conservative activist has landed a top position at the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The scheduled gathering of the FEMA review council was supposed to include "a public vote on the draft final report" outlining recommendations about the future of the federal agency, but was abruptly canceled Thursday.
Gov. Bob Ferguson announced that President Trump has approved Washington's request for an emergency declaration.
Georgia receives $1 billion in Federal Emergency Management Agency funding for storm recoveries and pandemic response efforts as Trump administration looks to revamp FEMA.
Small anti-flooding projects scattered around a watershed may help reduce wider flooding during hurricanes or tropical storms.