Hurricane Laura further strains FEMA in disaster-filled year Hurricane Laura is testing an already stretched Federal Emergency Management Agency in what is shaping up to be an unprecedentedly disastrous yearWASHINGTON -- As it cut a destructive path through Louisiana and surrounding states, Hurricane Laura was also testing an already stretched Federal Emergency Management Agency in what is shaping up to be an unprecedentedly disastrous year. The federal disaster agency has a major role in hurricane response, working with state and local authorities to prepare beforehand and clean-up and rebuild in the aftermath. “I think even in a normal hurricane season, a traditional hurricane season, it’s complicated enough," Gaynor said on ABC's “Good Morning America" on Thursday. “FEMA has sufficient resources to handle the ongoing response to Hurricane Laura as well as delivering other assistance that has been authorized and directed by the president," Bibo told reporters. With a hurricane season that runs through Nov. 30 and fires still blazing in California, it may get worse.

Source: ABC News August 27, 2020 18:16 UTC