Sources have said FEMA wasn’t authorized to launch search and rescue teams until 72 hours after flooding began.

Fox News senior correspondent Mike Tobin reports on the latest in Texas after catastrophic flooding leaves several dead and missing on ‘Fox Report.’

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is asking for answers from federal agencies over the warning systems and subsequent federal response following devastating flooding in Central Texas over the July 4th weekend.

Six months into Trump’s second term, Americans confront more bureaucracy, more paperwork, more delays and more inefficiencies.

The Department of Homeland Security says it's making FEMA less "bloated." Opponents say that cost people their lives in Texas. View Entire Post ›

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's voice broke as she recounted her emotional visit to Camp Mystic in Texas.

That warning proved prescient. Officials said that compared to the billions typically required for disaster response, $100,000 is essentially “pennies.” Yet FEMA was forced to seek Noem’s direct approval for nearly every action in response to the Texas floods.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not authorize the deployment of Federal Emergency Management Agency urban search-and-rescue teams in the Texas Hill Country flood disaster until more than 72 hours after the crisis began,

Most of the flooding occurred in Texas Hill Country, which is one of the most flash-flood prone areas in the United States. Many criticized a delayed flood alert from Kerr County, with Noem pinning blame on the agency’s “ancient” flood monitoring system.