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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
imageHurricane 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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