FEMA

See also: fema

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FEMA

  1. (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:
      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:
      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:
      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.”

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