Acting Fema Head Resigns

David Richardson, nan acting administrator of nan Federal Emergency Management Agency, resigned Monday aft astir six months starring nan agency, 2 management officials confirmed to NBC News.

Richardson’s short clip arsenic caput of FEMA came during a turbulent section for nan agency. President Donald Trump's management has projected awesome cuts to its budget, and Trump has publically called for nan agency to beryllium eliminated aft this year’s hurricane play winds down.

During Richardson's clip arsenic FEMA chief, he was heavy criticized for his slow consequence to nan catastrophic floods that devastated Texas’ Hill Country successful July. Richardson could not beryllium reached for 24 hours aft raging floodwaters killed much than 130 people successful nan authorities connected July 4, including 27 girls and counselors astatine Camp Mystic, a Christian younker summertime camp.

It was later revealed that Richardson, who did not person emergency guidance acquisition earlier he became acting caput of FEMA, had been connected picnic for nan vacation weekend.

The White House referred each requests for remark connected Richardson's departure to nan Department of Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA.

Richardson, a erstwhile Marine Corps officer, was selected to lead FEMA connected a impermanent ground successful May. He took complete from nan anterior acting administrator, Cameron Hamilton, who was pushed retired and replaced aft conscionable a fewer months.