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Trump nominee for FEMA post withdraws over travel audit

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

FEMA insurance chief: Harvey losses could top $11 billion

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

Federal assistance approved for 3 more Montana wildfires

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Salvador Cortez, 58, shows debris in the front yard of his home in Houston on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. Unable to afford an alternative and awaiting a solution from the Federal Emergency Management, he is sleeping in his musty, flood-gutted home. (AP Photo/Frank Bajak)

FEMA sees trailers only as last resort after Harvey, Irma

By EMILY SCHMALL and FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

Aerial spraying to try to control mosquitoes after Harvey

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In this Sept. 4, 2017 photo provided by Inciweb, fire crews preparing to assist in structural protection of Lake McDonald Lodge Glacier National Park, Mont. High-capacity pumps, pipes, and sprinklers are headed for the lodge on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2017, to create a curtain of water, if necessary, to hold off a wildfire that already destroyed a century-old backcountry chalet. (Inciweb via AP)

Montana asks FEMA head to ease wildfire assistance requests

By MATT VOLZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2017, file photo, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long speaks during a news conference in Washington. At FEMA headquarters, top officials responsible for responding to large-scale public emergencies meet regularly to conduct drills and update plans covering numerous worst-case scenarios. That includes what to do if two massive hurricanes strike the U.S. mainland within days, 1,000 miles apart. Those plans are now being put into action as Hurricane Irma bears down on the Florida coast less than a week after Hurricane Harvey flooded much of Houston. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Irma looms as FEMA still focused on responding to Harvey

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2017, file photo, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long speaks during a news conference in Washington. At FEMA headquarters, top officials responsible for responding to large-scale public emergencies meet regularly to conduct drills and update plans covering numerous worst-case scenarios. That includes what to do if two massive hurricanes strike the U.S. mainland within days, 1,000 miles apart. Those plans are now being put into action as Hurricane Irma bears down on the Florida coast less than a week after Hurricane Harvey flooded much of Houston. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FEMA still focused on responding to Harvey as Irma looms

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Melisa Vasquez cries in a stroller as her father Ervin Vasquez passes while the family digs out from the destruction left when floodwaters from Harvey swept through their mobile homes Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, in Crosby, Texas. Thousands of people have been displaced by torrential rains and catastrophic flooding since Harvey slammed into Southeast Texas last week. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

The Latest: Nation’s biggest refinery starts revving up

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Worshipers attend a makeshift outdoor church service in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, in Port Aransas, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

The Latest: Disaster help OK’d for Harvey-hit cities

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A pickup truck gets stranded on a street in a flooded neighborhood west of downtown Houston on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. The city has ordered a mandatory evacuation of flooded-out homes in the area, but people are still retrieving belongings from homes that have been standing in water for days. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

Harvey victims leave shelters but face dire housing needs

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

In this Aug. 31, 2017, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Aircrewman 2nd Class Jansen Schamp, right, speaks with Harvey evacuees while rescuing them from a shelter in Vidor, Texas. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christopher Lindahl/U.S. Navy via AP)

The Latest: Trump sends Harvey aid request to Congress

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Port Arthur residents traverse a flooded lot along Memorial Blvd. Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 in Port Arthur, Texas. (Kim Brent/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)

Trump’s hiring, budget raises questions about US Harvey help

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

Houston police officers patrol among floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Kingwood, Texas. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Roy Wright, FEMA insurance program director, warns of fraudulent calls

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Family members react as a van is pulled out of the Greens Bayou with the bodies of six family members on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Houston. The van was carried into the bayou during Tropical Storm Harvey as the water went over the bridge. ( Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Harvey death toll surpasses 30; more fatalities expected

By TAMARA LUSH and JUAN A. LOZANO - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Jiles Daniels, his flooded home near Cleveland, Texas, northeast of Houston. Daniels, a retired oil company manager, never wavered when he bought flood insurance on both his homes: one in Houston and another on an island near Cleveland, northeast of Houston. (Jiles Daniels via AP)

AP Exclusive: Flood insurance policies plunged before Harvey

By BERNARD CONDON, MEGHAN HOYER and JEFF DONN and KEN SWEET - Associated Press

Family members hold hands as recovery efforts were underway for a van with 6 family whose bodies were were found in a van at Greens Bayou in east Houston, after Tropical Storm Harvey left the Houston area on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Houston. ( Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Grim reality in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey: More dead

By TAMARA LUSH and JUAN A. LOZANO - Associated Press

South Dakota Civil Air Patrol sending aircraft to Texas

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FILE - In this July 15, 2017 file photo, FEMA Administrator Brock Long speaks in Providence, R.I. Katrina. Deepwater Horizon. The city of Houston. They’re all part of William “Brock” Long’s experience in emergency planning. But as the man directing the Trump administration’s response to Hurricane Harvey, the FEMA administrator is facing unprecedented hurricane damage along the gulf coast , and likely political storms ahead. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

FEMA chief no newcomer to gov’t disaster response

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 15, 2017 file photo, FEMA Administrator Brock Long speaks in Providence, R.I. Katrina. Deepwater Horizon. The city of Houston. They’re all part of William “Brock” Long’s experience in emergency planning. But as the man directing the Trump administration’s response to Hurricane Harvey, the FEMA administrator is facing unprecedented hurricane damage along the gulf coast , and likely political storms ahead. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

FEMA chief Long a veteran of gov’t disaster response

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press