In video viewed by The Wall Street Journal, newly appointed Director David Richardson says “clarifying the intent of the president”— who has called for terminating the agency—has been a challenge in preparing a strategy.

With hurricane season just over two weeks away, a newly leaked internal FEMA report raises alarms: the federal agency is unprepared. CNN obtained the memo, which outlines widespread dysfunction within FEMA,

The new acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has privately acknowledged that his agency doesn't have A finalized disaster response plan just two weeks before the dangerous season begins,