Kristi Noem and DHS

FEMA has pre‑positioned 250,000 meals, 400,000 liters of water and 30 generators at Camp Minden, Louisiana, with shuttle drivers ready to move supplies from facilities in Pennsylvania, Texas, Louisiana and Georgia, and has 28 urban search‑and‑rescue teams on standby to deploy at governors’ request. The preparations come as forecasts warn a 2,300‑mile winter storm threatening more than 240 million people from Arizona to Maine has prompted thousands of flight cancellations and multiple state emergency declarations, amid concerns about FEMA’s capacity after staffing cuts under the Trump administration.