DHS took 5 days to fund Texas flooding hotline, federal records show

Search and recovery crews remove debris from the bank of the Guadalupe River on July 9, 2025 in Center Point, Texas, after deadly flash floods. Most calls made between July 6th and July 9th to FEMA call centers went unanswered, according to call logs kept by the agency.

Funding for FEMA's disaster survivor hotline lapsed the day after the Texas floods, federal records show. It took DHS Secretary Kristi Noem five days to approve more money.

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