The Trump administration is leaving a form of rapid federal disaster aid that helps states to make better preparation for future storms, floods and wildfires.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency rejected the requests for such flexibility money last week for Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri and Oklahoma, which was part of a trend for Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri and Oklahoma last week.
This denial is in a way that the administration is trying to cut the cost and narrow the scope of FEMA, the country’s primary agency for disaster work that sits under the Homeland Security Department.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said that the administration is weighing the approve of dangerous mitigation wealth “with the capacity of the states to execute those funds. “To date, we are observing the large uncontrolled balance in the board,” he said.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump reiterated his plan to abolish the agency, possibly late in the late fall of the storm. “We are going to do it in a very different way,” he said in the Oval office. Standing near Trump, Homeland’s Security Secretary Christie Nom said: ‘You are very clear that you want to see FEMA as it is present today. So I am preparing all these governors to control their communities so that they can help it to be faster. ,
Federal threats mitigation money is used to buy floods of houses and make tornado safe rooms. Mike O’Conel, Director of Missouri Department of Public Safety, said, “It will not mean that there will be less funds available to Missouri communities for Missouri communities.
A new deal on disaster preparations
Requests for dangerous mitigation funds were part of states applications for major disaster announcements, a status that comes with federal assistance. Missouri experienced back-to-back severe storms at mid-mid and late March. The same month, Iowa experienced a severe winter storm, while Mississippi was hit by strong storms and Oklahoma was influenced by the straight-line winds and forest. In each case, destruction from disasters overwhelmed local and state reactions, which motivate Republican Governor Kim Reynolds of Iowa, Tate Reeves of Mississippi, Mike Keho of Missouri and Kevin stit of Oklahoma to seek federal assistance.
On 21 May, Trump signed major disaster announcements that greenlite some funds to help fix and reconstruct affected communities in four states. But specific requests of states were reviewed for funds to invest in projects to promote rescue and preparation against future storms and other disasters.
After less than two weeks, on June 2, FEMA refused to have dangerous mitigation requests, according to a review of three of the five rejection letters and interviews with state officials.
It is a pattern that began in March, when the Trump administration automatically approved the dangerous mitigation requests associated with major disasters. It later refused two state requests in May.
The refusal represents a major change of how the previous administration, during his first term of Trump, responded to such requests, when the approval of this money as part of the large post-Apada aid packages was considered “almost automated,” Michael Coon, who reviewed the requests as the former president who reviewed the requests under the former President who Biden’s Chief of Staff.
Jackson said in a statement that the White House is “working with the states to help them identify the projects and thus attract the remaining amount that makes the nation more flexible.”
Neither he nor DHS provided any additional details.
Missouri officials said that they are preparing to deny FEMA’s dangerous mitigation money, while Iowa and Mississippi are still considering their options. According to state officials, Oklahoma has decided against the appeal as it has been received by other federal funds.
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