DHS blasted CNN’s Texas flood story as false—but their statement confirms FEMA waited 72 hours for Noem’s approval before deploying key rescue resources. The post DHS’s Fiery Rebuttal to CNN on FEMA Response to Texas Floods Ends Up Validating CNN’s 72‑Hour Timeline first appeared on Mediaite.

Some major highways remained partially closed or restricted late Monday, including the Cross Bronx Expressway, Harlem River Drive and the Staten Island Expressway, according to city emergency officials. Flooding forced a traffic detour on the George Washington Bridge ramp to the Harlem River Drive.

When outages occurred in the 911 system across Pennsylvania on Friday, dispatchers in the Schuylkill County Communications Center were able to manage the problem locally with no apparent delays in

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is facing intense backlash after CNN reported that she slowed federal resources to the devastating Texas floods.

Former FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell told E&E News that the head of FEMA should be on the ground “to talk to local officials, talk to the people that have been impacted, see firsthand what the damages are—and make sure FEMA was directing the appropriate resources as fast as possible into the appropriate area.

FEMA officials are two months behind in posting grant application guidelines, which are expected to reflect President Trump’s demand for cooperation on his priorities.

As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of silence from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that’s leaving officials from across the country scrambling for answers.