FEMA's disaster-relief funding problems will not go away any time soon despite a last-minute budget deal struck in the Senate this week, leaving thousands of residents in neighborhoods across the nation wondering how they will reconstruct following a torrent of new natural disasters.
Without more funding, thousands of long-term recovery projects -- put on hold in August while the Federal Emergency Management Agency shifted capital to cover newer and instant disaster responses -- could go back to the backlog list before the end of the year.
As a result, communities hard-hit by floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and other disasters may be left on their own while Congress works out its budget kinks
As a result, communities hard-hit by floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and other disasters may be left on their own while Congress works out its resources kinks.
In North Dakota's Ward County, residents still are dealing with poorly damaged roads in the wake of epic flooding in June. Some of those projects were put on hold last month as FEMA's funds dwindled to near-empty.
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