FEMA adds misinformation to its list of disasters to clean up
by Lauren Feiner from The Verge - All Posts on (#6RAR1)
Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP via Getty Images The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is fighting misinformation on top of a major storm cleanup in Florida as Hurricane Milton rapidly intensifies just after Hurricane Helene rocked the state.
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell told reporters on a call Tuesday that misinformation around the storms is absolutely the worst I have ever seen," according to Politico. FEMA posted a rumor response page about the hurricane, and though it's not the first time it's taken that kind of approach, Criswell said, I anticipated some of this, but not to the extent that we're seeing."
FEMA's rumor response page includes fact-checks to claims made by former President Donald Trump, like that the agency will only provide $750 to disaster...