From Axios: These states could suffer the most without FEMA . Some of the most disaster-prone states could face the greatest financial burdens in a world with less federal relief assistance, a new analysis finds.
“Why it matters: President Trump earlier this year floated “fundamentally overhauling or reforming” FEMA, or “maybe getting rid” of it entirely — fueling concerns that U.S. disaster relief could be thrown into chaos just a few months before another hurricane season spins up.
Driving the news: Trump is reportedly mulling an executive order empowering state and local governments to handle disaster readiness and relief, and previously created a “FEMA review council.”
Certain states — many of them red — would be hit especially hard by reductions in federal relief funding, per a new analysis from the Carnegie Disaster Dollar Database.”