US disaster programs are teetering. Milton could topple them.
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Washington’s ability to pay for recovering from the back-to-back disasters is “a big concern,” said Elizabeth Zimmerman, who ran FEMA’s disaster response office in the Obama administration. She added, “It could be very devastating to the financial aspects of what the federal government has.”
The two hurricanes raise concerns about whether “FEMA and the federal government has money to respond to any disaster that comes up that they need to provide life-sustaining support in,” added Zimmerman, a senior executive adviser at IEM disaster consultants.
