The administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said Wednesday the agency has burned through so much money allocated to its Disaster Relief Fund for the current fiscal year that it might have to restrict spending unless Congress OK’s more funding.
Deanne Criswell said during a news briefing that as of Tuesday, FEMA spent $9 billion of the $20 billion that Congress put in its disaster fund Oct. 1 for the fiscal year that runs through Sept. 30, 2025, Politico reported Thursday. It was the first time FEMA has publicly stated how much money it has since Hurricane Helene hammered the Southeast two weeks ago.
Criswell said the $9 billion spent includes projections for Hurricane Milton, which made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday night, spawning floods, tornadoes, and power outages across the state. But she said hurricane season has not ended yet — the Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30 — and that there are more than 100 open disasters across the U.S. and those communities will need to be reimbursed, as well.
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