As Hurricane Milton approaches, eyes turn to FEMA

Army soldiers from 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division arrive in Marshall, North Carolina, to help residents to clean up after Hurricane Helene, Oct. 8, 2024.

Hurricanes Milton and Helene are putting new pressure on the federal government's emergency response agency FEMA, which is already short of money, hit by a politics-fueled disinformation campaign, and burdened by its past failures in handling massive storms.