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fromLos Angeles Times
22 hours ago

180,000 Californians rely on federally backed flood insurance. Trump could overhaul the system

Dismantling FEMA could eliminate the National Flood Insurance Program, leaving hundreds of thousands of California property owners exposed to higher costs and less coverage.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Hurricane Katrina forced changes at FEMA. Trump is rolling them back

Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana 20 years ago this week. The storm killed more than 1,300 people, and displaced tens of thousands more. In the years since Katrina, a slew of studies and government reports have found that most of the deaths and much of the destruction could have been avoided. Levees built and maintained by the federal government collapsed during and after the storm, causing massive flooding in New Orleans.
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