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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Tait

Fema staff warn Trump’s cuts risk exposing US to another Hurricane Katrina

Rescue and recovery workers approach a riverbank
Teams continue rescue and recovery operations around the Guadalupe River in Texas on 7 July 2025. Photograph: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images

Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) risk exposing the US to another Hurricane Katrina, staff at the agency have warned Congress in a withering critique that also takes aim at its current leadership.

Writing in the run-up to this week’s 20th anniversary of the devastating 2005 storm that killed 1,833 people and caused widespread destruction in New Orleans and the Gulf coast, more than 180 current and former Fema employees say the Trump administration’s policies are ignoring the mistakes that led to it.

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