Workers say president’s attacks on the agency and lack of qualified leadership could lead to deadly catastrophe

After Hurricane Katrina, Congress passed a law to strengthen the nation’s disaster response. FEMA employees say the Trump administration has reversed that progress.

In a "Katrina Declaration," dozens of FEMA employees warned that the agency is ill-prepared for the next natural disaster.

Workers say president’s attacks on the agency and lack of qualified leadership could lead to deadly catastrophe

Nearly 200 current and former employees of the US emergency response agency urge Congress to protect FEMA.

The Fema staff are said to have been among those who recently lent their names to an open letter.