Two people examine a burned house on August 13, 2023, after a fire destroyed much of the historic Maui resort town of Lahaina in Hawaii.
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FEMA overhauls disaster assistance program as climate crisis fuels more destructive extreme weather
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is changing the way it responds to natural disasters, it announced Friday, as the climate crisis fuels more extreme weather events and causes more destruction to people’s homes.

