She says she noticed a difference in response immediately ... and the hurricane there caused far more damage. In the first few months after Katrina, FEMA provided rent money for 488,000, hotels ...

Chertoff, one of the administration figures blamed for a slow response to Hurricane Katrina, says measures to better prepare FEMA for disasters have already been put in place. Two key lawmakers ...

Former President George W. Bush’s Federal Emergency Management Agency director resigned after the administration’s botched response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The firing came after the ...