Climate Politics
The Trump Administration Keeps Denying Disaster Preparedness Aid to States
FEMA recently told Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri and Oklahoma it won’t be granting funds to bolster state defenses against future natural disasters.
Destroyed homes at a trailer park following severe weather in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, on March 15.
Photographer: Brad Vest/Getty ImagesThe Trump administration is increasingly skipping a form of federal disaster aid that helps states better prepare for future storms, flooding and wildfires.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency rejected requests for such resiliency money, known as Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding, for Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri and Oklahoma last week, part of a trend that started this spring.