A key population harmed by Donald Trump’s proposed shutdown of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be Americans living in “tornado alley” in the central U.S. and the flood and hurricane states of the southeast, which include a huge percentage of the president’s MAGA supporters.
Three red states — Texas, Louisiana and Florida — collected the most funds from 2015 to August 2024 from FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program, according to data from the Carnegie Disaster Dollar Database. IHP provides “financial and direct services to eligible individuals and households affected by a disaster.”
