
Gabe Cohen
Correspondent at CNN
Correspondent with @CNN. Former @VerifyThis, @WUSA9, @KOMONews, @KHQLocalNews
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1 week ago |
mooresvilletribune.com | Gabe Cohen
(CNN) — Amid growing concerns within the Federal Emergency Management Agency that internal turmoil has left it unprepared for the fast-approaching hurricane season, the agency is taking significant steps to bolster its disaster response workforce and training infrastructure.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Gabe Cohen
The Department of Homeland Security is inserting more than a half-dozen of its officials into key front office roles at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to effectively run the agency, according to multiple sources and an internal memo obtained by CNN. The major shakeup comes less than two weeks before the official start of hurricane season.
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2 weeks ago |
cnnespanol.cnn.com | Andrew Freedman |Ella Nilsen |Gabe Cohen
Francine toca tierra en Louisiana como huracán de categoría 2 01:02 - Fuente: CNN Francine toca tierra en Louisiana como huracán de categoría 2 01:02 CNN — El comienzo de otra temporada de huracanes, que promete estar por encima de la media, encuentra a las agencias meteorológicas y de respuesta a desastres de Estados Unidos más desbordadas que nunca, lo que podría dejar a decenas de millones de estadounidenses en una situación más vulnerable ante estas enormes tormentas. Tanto la...
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2 weeks ago |
cnn.com | Gabe Cohen
The Federal Emergency Management Agency building is seen on May 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images CNN — The Department of Homeland Security is inserting more than a half-dozen of its officials into key front office roles at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to effectively run the agency, according to multiple sources and an internal memo obtained by CNN. The major shakeup comes less than two weeks before the official start of hurricane season.
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2 weeks ago |
cnn.com | Andrew Freedman |Ella Nilsen |Gabe Cohen
See all topics Email Link Copied! Staring down another above-average hurricane season, America’s weather forecasting and disaster response agencies are more hollowed out than ever before – and that could leave tens of millions of Americans more vulnerable to these massive storms.
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RT @priscialva: The acting FEMA administrator has been fired one day after he broke with fellow members of the administration when he told…

SCOOP: Trump officials are discussing making it much harder to qualify for disaster aid, starting this hurricane season. One proposal quadruples the threshold, so communities must suffer 4X as much damage to get federal aid. But can states handle this? https://t.co/vkHMJsf9OS

“People don’t want to work here anymore,” a senior FEMA official told me. “All of these people have seen their work destroyed and denigrated,” another said. “They started seeing that FEMA might actually be killed.” Here's our exclusive reporting on the exodus underway at FEMA.

With hurricane season just weeks away, about 20% of FEMA’s permanent full-time staff – roughly 1,000 workers – are expected to take a voluntary buyout as part of the latest staff reduction effort from DOGE, per @GabeCohenNews. https://t.co/0F74MoLRp4