The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will run out of money in its Disaster Relief Fund by Sept. 8, with nothing left for a response to the incoming Hurricane Irma, according to a FEMA spokesperson. Congress has little time left to manage to provide more money.
As of Tuesday morning, the fund only had about $1 billion left, down from some $2 billion a week ago. At this rate, the agency will run out of money just about the same time Irma is expected to hit Florida this weekend, the FEMA spokesperson, who wished to remain anonymous, told Bloomberg.
Satellite image of Tropical Storm Irma pictured here in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 30, 2017. NASA/NOAA/Goddard Rapid Response Team/Handout via Reuters
