It just slows down the entire response and delays the recovery process from starting,” the previous FEMA chief said.

Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski Bacal is open to selling his majority stake in British lender Metro Bank and has received interest from investors, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

Jeremy Greenberg was in charge of coordinating federal help after hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes and other emergencies. He has resigned from leading FEMA's National Response Coordination Center.

FEMA workers on the ground in Oregon "were actually able to get a good percentage of them assistance just by taking the time to go over them with it," Criswell says.

FEMA workers on the ground in Oregon “were actually able to get a good percentage of them assistance just by taking the time to go over them with it,” Criswell says.

Former FEMA head Deanne Criswell said in an interview with Spectrum News there is some frustrating bureaucracy at the agency that could be changed.

FEMA workers on the ground in Oregon "were actually able to get a good percentage of them assistance just by taking the time to go over them with it," Criswell says.

FEMA did not respond to questions from NPR about how it intends to help all Americans adequately after disasters, or whether reforms made under the Biden administration will be rolled back.