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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris boards Air Force Two in Las Vegas, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Harris surrounded by disaster, mayhem entering the final weeks of the presidential race

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

George Booth, executive director of the Floodplain Management Association, is photographed in front of Folsom Dam, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in Folsom, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Conflicting federal policies could cost residents more on flood insurance, and leave them at risk

By David A. Lieb - Associated Press

This April 12, 2023, file image, shows burned trees in the mountains near Las Vegas, New Mexico, a year after prescribed burn operations by the U.S. Forest Service sparked the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire. The official overseeing about $4 billion in U.S. relief for people affected by a fire in New Mexico set by the Forest Service is stepping aside to help with consolidating recovery operations in the state. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Angela Gladwell’s job change on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. A new chief operating officer will be chosen to lead long term recovery efforts. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

FEMA official who was criticized over aid delays after huge New Mexico fire is changing jobs

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FILE - This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the night before in East Palestine, Ohio, still on fire at mid-day, Feb. 4, 2023. On Wednesday, Sept. 20, President Joe Biden ordered federal agencies to continue holding Norfolk Southern accountable for its February derailment in eastern Ohio and appoint a FEMA official to oversee East Palestine's recovery, but he still stopped short of declaring a disaster. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Biden says Norfolk Southern must be held accountable for Ohio derailment but won’t declare disaster

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

Sara Morris and her children stand outside their flood-ravaged mobile home in Berlin, Vt., on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. With Vermont’s already tight housing market and cold weather fast approaching, some flood victims who lost homes don’t yet know where they’ll live. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Still reeling from flooding, some in Vermont say something better must come out of losing everything

By Lisa Rathke - Associated Press

The first test of the national wireless emergency system by the Federal Emergency Management Agency is shown on a cellular phone at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. About 225 million electronic devices across the United States received alerts from FEMA Wednesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Nationwide emergency alert testing for cellphones, radio and television to be held in October

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A general view shows the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Hope is hard to let go of as odds wane over reuniting with still-missing loved ones after a fire swept across the town of Lahaina on Hawaii's Maui island earlier this month. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Top FEMA official touts progress in Hawaii recovery efforts, previews Biden’s trip to Maui

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

A general view shows the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. In the aftermath of the deadly Maui wildfires, some social media users are discouraging residents from accepting disaster aid by falsely claiming the Federal Emergency Management Agency could seize their property if they do. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Online posts spread misinformation about FEMA aid following Maui wildfires

By Karena Phan and Philip Marcelo - Associated Press

FILE - A photographer takes pictures of the Mauna Loa volcano as it erupts Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, near Hilo, Hawaii. Hawaii increasingly seems under siege from disasters, and what is increasing most is wildfire, according to an analysis of Federal Emergency Management Agency records by The Associated Press. There were as many federally-declared disaster wildfires this month in Hawaii, as in the 50 years between 1953 and 2003. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Fires and others disasters are increasing in Hawaii, according to this AP data analysis

By Seth Borenstein, Mary Katherine Wildeman and Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

Wildfire wreckage is seen Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The search of the wildfire wreckage on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities as firefighters battled the deadliest blaze in the U.S. in recent years. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

At least 55 people died on Maui. Residents had little warning before wildfires overtook a town

By Ty O'Neil, Audrey McAvoy, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Rebecca Boone - Associated Press

Wildfire wreckage is shown Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The search of the wildfire wreckage on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities as firefighters battled the stubborn blaze making it the deadliest in the U.S. in recent years. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Maui surveys the burned wreckage caused by the deadliest U.S. wildfire in years

By Audrey McAvoy, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Nick Perry - Associated Press

Flood waters surround storm-damaged homes on Aug. 31, 2021, in Lafourche Parish, La., as residents try to recover from the effects of Hurricane Ida. Louisiana and nine other states filed a lawsuit against the federal government Thursday, June 1, 2023, to block sharp impending national flood insurance rate increases slated to be phased in over the coming years, saying the steeper costs could cost some people their homes. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Louisiana, 9 other states sue U.S. government over steep flood insurance rate increases

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

Migrants wave as a bus leaves to take them to a refugee center outside Union Station in Chicago, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (Anthony Vazquez /Chicago Sun-Times via AP) ** FILE **

Inspector general dings DHS over money spent on migrant welcome program

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A resident displays a mannequin on their porch in East Palestine, Ohio, as cleanup from the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment continues, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Freed) ** FILE **

After Ohio train wreck, Biden orders door-to-door checks

By Matthew Daly and Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the South Carolina Statehouse, Jan. 28, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. Two years after former President Donald Trump's false claims about widespread election fraud sparked an attack on the U.S. Capitol, more evidence is piling up that those who spread the misinformation knew it was false. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump to visit East Palestine as Biden under fire for toxic train derailment response

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Fire thieves now

New York City Mayor Eric Adams listens to Gov. Kathy Hochul deliver her State of the State address in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

NYC mayor visits Texas border, blasts feds’ migrant response

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FILE - Fredrick Brower, center, helps cut up a bowhead whale caught by Inupiat subsistence hunters on a field near Barrow, Alaska, Oc. 7, 2014. After tidal surges and high winds from the remnants of a rare typhoon caused extensive flood damage to homes along Alaska's western coast in September, the U.S. government stepped in to help residents largely Alaska Natives repair property damage. Residents who opened Federal Emergency Management Agency brochures expecting to find instructions on how to file for aid in Alaska Native languages like Yup'ik or Inupiaq instead were reading nonsensical phrases. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull,File)

FEMA fires group for nonsensical Alaska Native translations

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

FILE - Smoke from the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire drifts over Las Vegas, N.M., in May 7, 2022. New Mexico's congressional delegation says the U.S. government should make changes to rules proposed for processing damage claims stemming from a historic wildfire sparked by forest managers. The delegation sent a letter to FEMA this week, saying many residents in the impoverished rural area are still reeling from the emotional, financial and physical tolls of the Hermit's Peak-Calf Canyon Fires. (Robert Browman/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File).

New Mexico delegation seeks changes to wildfire aid rules

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Remnants of damaged homes and flooded vehicles are seen in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Thursday, Sep 29, 2022, following Hurricane Ian. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Biden says Ian could be ‘deadliest’ storm in Florida’s history

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times