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If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response alone?

  • Written by Ming Xie, Assistant Professor of Emergency Management and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response alone?Hurricane Ian caused widespread damage in Florida in 2022, estimated at over $112 billion. This scene was once a shopping center.Giorgio Veira/AFP via Getty Images

Imagine a world in which a hurricane devastates the Gulf Coast, and the U.S. has no federal agency prepared to quickly send supplies, financial aid and temporary housing assistance.

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