FEMA leader unreachable for 24 hours during deadly Texas flooding: WaPo
MSNBCยท2025-09-25 18:40
And now, exclusive reporting from the Washington Post that reveals that in those critical moments after those flash floods ripped through Texas Hill Country, FEMA's acting administrator, David Richardson, could not be reached for 24 hours. That meant that under new rules put in place by the Trump administration, key resource deployments could not be approved. Search and rescue teams that are typically on the ground within 12 to 24 hours of a disaster didn't show up for 4 days.When asked about by the Post ab ...