Climate Politics
Severe Weather Set to Boost US Disaster Funding Needs, FEMA Says
- Biden plans to visit Hawaii after devastating Maui fire
- Supplemental budget request to include disaster relief
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Growing extreme-weather risks mean President Joe Biden’s expected request for billions in extra disaster-relief funding might not be enough for the next fiscal year, FEMA head Deanne Criswell said.
Biden’s roughly $12 billion request would cover the spending year ending Sept. 30, the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator said on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday.