The New York Times reported from FEMA documents that nearly two-thirds of calls from Texas flood survivors went unanswered after the agency allowed call-center contracts to lapse under cost controls.
FEMA left nearly two-thirds of Texas flood-survivor calls unanswered
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- 2025-07-11
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- Internal documents showed thousands of survivor calls went unanswered
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