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'The community is drowning': Texas flood survivors plead for help after FEMA denies disaster assistance

Katherine Langford

Editor-in-Chief · Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 2:14 PM · 1 min read

'The community is drowning': Texas flood survivors plead for help after FEMA denies disaster assistance — KVUE (Austin), Austin Community news — Image: KVUE (Austin)

While a handful of counties were denied FEMA public assistance, FEMA rejected individual assistance requested for 30 counties by Gov. Greg Abbott.

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