President Biden was highly critical of those who are disseminating misinformation and promoting conspiracy theories about Hurricane Helene and the government's response to the disaster. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez reports.
With the second major hurricane in the past two weeks now barreling toward Florida, state and federal emergency management officials were scrambling Tuesday to put personnel, equipment and supplies in place. Officials of the Federal Emergency Management Agency — amid ongoing concern over what’s expected to be the strongest storm surge in decades — insisted it is ready for Hurricane Milton’s expected landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday and is fully capable of juggling concurrent disasters.
In an interview, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said the numbers cited fail to take into account other full-time staff members who are deployed as needed. “They take on new roles to help support the response, and then we move other resources around from areas that aren’t supporting life threatening missions,” she said.
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