A newly surfaced internal review reveals that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is critically underprepared for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, raising alarms just weeks before the season officially begins. The internal assessment, obtained by congressional staff and highlighted in a recent briefing, warns that ongoing staffing shortages, logistical weaknesses, and gaps in supply chain coordination could severely hinder FEMA’s ability to respond to a major disaster.
The report, first exposed by an internal audit and now under increasing scrutiny from lawmakers, shows that FEMA remains short of thousands of emergency personnel across regional offices. Emergency supply caches. . .