WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden visited the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters on Monday to receive a briefing on the 2021 hurricane season and announced plans to increase funding to better prepare for extreme weather events.Biden received a briefing on FEMA’s preparedness efforts during his visit.
Earlier, the White House shared his plans to increase hurricane preparation funding to help communities better prepare for extreme weather events.Speaking from FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C., the president said funding that was previously provided in 2020 will be doubled this year. "Today, I’m announcing that FEMA is going to make a $1 billion available to the states, territories, tribes and rural communities through the.