US EditionFEMA Acting Chief Defends Response to Texas Flood Catastrophe as ‘Outstanding’
TEXAS, JUL 22 – FEMA designated three Texas counties as disaster areas, enabling emergency loans for recovery after severe storms and flooding caused widespread damage, officials said.
- Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson faced criticism during a July 23 House hearing over his response to deadly Texas floods earlier that month.
- The criticism followed delays in federal aid, Richardson's absence from Texas for over a week, and late authorization of search and rescue teams after the floods.
- Richardson admitted being on vacation July 4 while coordinating from his vehicle by phone, but did not visit the National Response Coordination Center during the critical first 48 hours.
- Representative Greg Stanton stated, "You were not" leading as required by law and said Richardson seemed uninterested in learning from the disaster response failures.
- FEMA and USDA have disaster assistance programs in place for Texas with applications accepted until March 13, 2026, aiming to support recovery from the severe flooding event.
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FEMA acting chief defends response to Texas flood catastrophe as ‘outstanding’
Flood waters left debris including vehicles and equipment scattered in Louise Hays Park on July 5, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. (Photo by Eric Vryn/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The Trump administration official running the Federal Emergency Management Agency testified Wednesday the response to flash flooding in Texas over the Fourth of July weekend served as an “outstanding” model for the rest of the country. His conclusions about the catastrophic fl…
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Flood waters left debris including vehicles and equipment scattered in Louise Hays Park on July 5, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. (Photo by Eric Vryn/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The Trump administration official running the Federal Emergency Management Agency testified Wednesday the response to flash flooding in Texas over the Fourth of July weekend served as an “outstanding” model for the rest of the country. His conclusions about the catastrophic fl…
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Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) scolded acting FEMA director David Richardson for being "nowhere near Texas" in the days after a flood killed scores of people.During a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on Wednesday, Stanton noted that Richardson had a duty under the law "to act proa...
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