History Listory

2025 February

2025-02-21 FEMA began layoffs, grant freezes, and reductions in disaster funding. Central Texas later struggled to secure flood-response assistance.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/climate/fema-missed-calls-texas-floods.html

https://kennedy.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2290#:~:text=Compounding%20these%20deliberate%20staffing%20cuts,in%20times%20of%20dire%20need.

https://blog.ucs.org/shana-udvardy/the-terrible-texas-flood-tragedy-made-worse-by-trump-administrations-dysfunctional-fema-response/#:~:text=DHS%20Secretary%20Kristi%20Noem%20did,the%20cancellation%20of%20the%20contractors.

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/08/07/fema-failed-to-staff-disaster-hotline-after-texas-floods/#:~:text=At%20least%20one%20Texas%20official,respond%20to%20questions%20from%20NPR.

https://stateline.org/2025/07/15/federal-disaster-aid-is-uncertain-for-states-even-as-texas-floods-underscore-need/#:~:text=Aside%20from%20the%20cuts%20to%20state%20funding%2C,staff%2C%20according%20to%20The%20New%20York%20Times.

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/impacts-of-recent-federal-and-state-actions-on-natural-disaster-preparedness-and-response-on-health/#:~:text=In%20April%202025%2C%20FEMA%20suspended,coordinate%20disaster%20response%20and%20recovery.

2025 April

2025-04-01 Funding was cut for the BRIC disaster-preparedness program, which helped communities prepare for climate-related disasters.

https://www.floods.org/news-views/fema-news/fema-ends-bric-program-leaving-states-in-the-lurch/

https://www.naco.org/news/federal-judge-temporarily-halts-bric-grant-program-termination

https://oag.maryland.gov/News/Pages/Attorney-General-Brown-Secures-Court-Victory-Preventing-Trump-Administration-from-Unlawfully-Cutting-Billions-in-Disaster-P.aspx

2025-04-25 AmeriCorps lost $400 million in funding, affecting 32,000 participants and programs related to disaster recovery, education, environmental stewardship, and public health. Trump rescinded Executive Order 14143 Providing for the Appointment of Alumni of AmeriCorps to the Competitive Service.

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5383188/trumps-gutting-of-americorps-hits-hard-for-both-volunteers-and-communities

2025 May

2025-05-08 Cameron Hamilton was fired from FEMA just one day after he told lawmakers the agency should not be dismantled. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/08/fired-fema-chief-relationship-trump-officials-00548907

https://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/delauro-demands-explanation-trumps-firing-fema-administrator-cameron-hamilton

2025 August

2025-08-27 FEMA members were placed on leave after signing a Katrina Declaration warning on the effects of funding cuts.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/fema-employees-critical-of-trump-placed-on-leave-amid-crackdown-on-dissent 

2025 October

2025-10-18 Reports from both parties alleged politically motivated FEMA funding decisions under multiple administrations

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWJU2ScjArU/

https://statecourtreport.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/trumps-threats-withhold-disaster-relief-undermine-federalism-principles

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/26/politics/disaster-aid-fema-states-trump-shutdown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABJwDIUwE3U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r15YTc7imvY

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/21/dhs-exposes-how-fema-officials-under-biden-administration-systematically-refused

https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20251018/fema-refutes-misrepresentation-disaster-relief-funding-recent-media-coverage

https://theconversation.com/why-femas-disaster-relief-gets-political-especially-when-hurricane-season-and-election-season-collide-241092

https://cepr.net/publications/disaster-declarations-continue-to-highlight-trumps-partisan-favoritism/

2026 April

2026-04-06 Trump’s FY27 budget will cut climate and disaster funding.

https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/trump-fy27-budget-slashes-climate-disaster-funding-costs-to-cities/816696/

2026 May

2026-05-13 Trump withheld firefighting funds in Washington State just before fire season.

https://www.cantwell.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cantwell-grills-usfs-chief-on-trump-admin-withholding-wildfire-funds-crucial-for-wa-preparedness-ahead-of-peak-fire-season

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z4WuWiqBTo&list=WL&index=5

SUB WALL https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/08/dei-dispute-wildfire-grants-washington-state-01028487

2026 August

2026-08-05 Guatemala evacuated as the Fuego volcano erupted.

https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/guatemala-evacuates-communities-after-fuego-volcano-erupts-photos-bf23164625284f5ea083ec9dc9e61da2

https://unn.ua/en/news/hundreds-of-people-evacuated-due-to-the-eruption-of-the-fuego-volcano-in-guatemala

2026-08-11 More than 160 are dead in Columbia after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/latin-america/strong-earthquake-colombia-ecuador-people-evacuating-homes-buildings-rcna591709

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/colombia-earthquake-choco-bogota-venezuela-b3030930.html

2026-08-12 Thousands of people were evacuated as wildfires tore through Washington State.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/10/us-wildfires-pacific-north-west

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoYrLNQsnVM

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2413085845847662

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z4WuWiqBTo&list=WL&index=5

2026-08-24 Thousands of homes and businesses in Indiana remained without power two weeks after torrential rain.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/thousands-still-without-power-gary-201856647.html

2026-08-25 A natural disaster emergency response team was sent to Washington DC to work on Trump’s pet projects including the reflecting pool, fountain renovations, and removing debris on the East Potomac golf course. At the directive of Trump, around 300 workers will be used for private vanity projects and cleaning up Trump’s reflecting pool mess at the expense of taxpayers. Meanwhile the Western US confronted the most wildfires in a decade.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-national-parks-workers-dc-projects-b3038934.html

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/25/politics/doug-burgum-trump-washington-makeover

2026-08-28 A lake formed from the Nepal flood as the death toll surpassed 900 people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmvPMSc0ezs

https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/nepal-tibet-glacier-flood-climate-disaster-9.7323295

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/31/world/live-news/nepal-china-flood

2026-08-29 Two people died and several people went missing at Grand Canyon National Park after flash floods

https://time.com/article/2026/08/31/grand-canyon-flash-flood/

2026 September

2026-09-08 Sweeping US cuts to worldwide early warning systems allegedly impacted monitoring of the glacier collapse which killed thousands in Nepal.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-trumps-cuts-to-fema-and-nws-are-leaving-communities-defenseless-against-extreme-weather-disasters/

https://www.cfr.org/articles/cuts-early-warning-systems-are-leaving-us-unprepared-summer-floods

https://www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/digital-twins-disaster-early-warning-systems

https://www.preventionweb.net/news/cuts-noaa-increase-risk-deadly-weather-tragedies

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02716-w

https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/02/climate/nepal-disaster-grant-canceled-trump