Fema doesn’t have funding through hurricane season, warns Mayorkas

US homeland security's comments come as over 150,000 households affected by Helene register for assistance

The US homeland security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, has warned that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) does not have enough funding to make it through the rest of this hurricane season, which started off more quietly than forecast but has roared into catastrophe with Hurricane Helene and typically runs until the end of November.

The warning on Thursday underscored how the federal government is being stretched thin as top Republicans have signaled they won't give it more funding.