ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — U.S. Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna is fighting for FEMA to waive its 50% rule. Rep. Luna shared this plan first with News Channel 8, along with her plans to get the president involved.

Jason Rule and his girlfriend lost everything, other than some of their clothes, when Hurricanes Helene and Milton flooded their home in South Pasadena.

Governors and state legislatures may have to bolster their natural disaster response and recovery efforts in the coming years as President Donald Trump looks for ways to shift the federal government’s role onto states.

President Donald Trump criticized the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday and floated the idea of eliminating the agency.

Treasure Island’s recovery from recent hurricanes has hit a roadblock, and Mayor John Doctor is taking a bold step to speed up the process.

Trump says "FEMA is not good" and he plans to overhaul or eliminate the agency as he tours disaster ravaged zones in North Carolina and California

President Donald Trump floated “getting rid” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Friday as he visited western North Carolina to survey the damage and recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene.

Michael Brown said that Congress should give the disaster relief agency back its “independent agency status,” allowing it direct

A key population harmed by Donald Trump’s proposed shutdown of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be Americans living in “tornado alley” in the central U.S. and the flood and hurricane states of the southeast, which include a huge percentage of the president’s MAGA supporters.

Although President Donald Trump has floated eliminating FEMA with an executive order, he does not have unilateral authority, according to federal law.

The president said the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been too bureaucratic and slow in its response to disasters.