FEMA says it will stick with last year's hurricane plan after its director tells staff he 'didn't realize it was a season'

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• FEMA has dropped plans for a new hurricane response plan and will use the same one it used in 2024. The agency, however, has lost a large number of employees, making some wonder how it will do this. The news comes a day after FEMA’s head said I didn’t realize it was a [hurricane] season.”

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is calling an audible as hurricane season gets underway, scrapping a new plan from its new leader and reverting to the same playbook as last year.