A whistleblower informed the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday that at least some Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials consider supporters of President-elect Donald Trump to be “domestic terrorists.” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) revealed that the “new whistleblower” claimed a FEMA contractor visited the home of an…
The House of Representatives Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after an employee was terminated for instructing hurricane relief workers in Florida to avoid homes with Trump flags Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairperson of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, announced Saturday he sent FEMA…
The search for missing Hurricane Helene victims has come to an end in one of the hardest hit areas in North Carolina as new leads have all but dried up a month after the ferocious storm swept through. Helene left 42 people dead in Buncombe County — which encompasses Asheville…
North Carolina’s Asheville Police Department is trying to find the owners of dozens of family photos that were found by first responders who sifted through the rubble from Hurricane Helene. “Amid the debris and devastation wrought by the Swannanoa and French Broad rivers, APD officers found and saved dozens of…
When a hurricane sets its sights on Florida, storm-weary residents may think of catastrophic wind, hammering rain and dangerous storm surge. Mounds of sand swallowing their homes? Not so much. That’s the reality for some after Hurricanes Helene and Milton clobbered Florida’s Gulf Coast with back-to-back hits in less than…
Republican members of Congress are slamming conspiracists — including far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — for spreading claims that Hurricane Helene was “geoengineered by the government” or that federal aid workers are obstructing local relief efforts in North Carolina following the devastation. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC)…
Worry not, Americans — the brave heroes of the Federal Emergency Management Agency are here to help you recover from the devastation of Hurricane Helene. Unless, of course, they encounter . . . a ROAD CLOSED sign. Yes, per on-the-ground reports out of tiny Bat Cave, NC, which was absolutely…
As the Hurricane Helene-driven waters rose around the Nolichucky River in Tennessee, Boone McCrary, his girlfriend and his chocolate lab headed out on his fishing boat to search for a man who was stranded by floodwaters that had leveled his home. But the thick debris in the water jammed the boat’s motor,…
A heartbreaking final photo of North Carolina grandparents waiting to be rescued on the roof of their home while surrounded by fierce floodwaters has emerged following the devastation left by Hurricane Helene. Jessica Drye Turner had begged for someone to save her family after they became stranded on top of…
Former President Donald Trump charged Monday that a photograph of Vice President Kamala Harris purportedly being briefed on the impacts of Hurricane Helene was “staged” and “fake” because her earbuds appear to not be plugged into her cellphone. “Another FAKE and STAGED photo from someone who has no clue what…
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