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FEMA insists Biden-DeSantis tensions aren’t affecting Hurricane Ian response

By Naomi Lim
Published September 27, 2022 6:37pm ET
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FEMA insists Biden-DeSantis tensions aren’t affecting Hurricane Ian response
This Sept. 26, 2022, satellite image released by NASA shows Hurricane Ian, which is forecast to become a Category 4 with top winds of 140 mph (225 km/h) over warm Gulf of Mexico waters before striking Florida Wednesday. | (NASA Worldview/Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) via AP)

Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell dismissed concerns tension between President Joe Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will impede the response to Hurricane Ian as the Category 3 storm bears down on the Republican’s state.

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