Acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton amplified false charges that FEMA spent disaster aid on migrants and blocked help to North Carolina.

Solutions include funding the federal agency properly, requiring states to share a larger burden of the responsibility and removing barriers to resilience.

Acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton has not been an emergency manager, prompting an inquiry by the Government Accountability Office.

The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote to staff reassuring them that the agency's continued existence was vital to the country's disaster response efforts, after President Donald Trump said he wanted to overhaul or scrap it.

The president said he's considering letting Washington directly reimburse states for disaster-relief efforts, but states might not be equipped for rapid response.