That declaration would open individual assistance to the hundreds of households affected by recent severe weather. For the last month, Carlos Sanchez and his son, Carlos Sanchez Jr., have been fixing their western Bullitt County home.

Cameron Hamilton, FEMA's acting administrator, is leaving the nation's disaster relief agency, after saying he didn't support eliminating FEMA.

Cameron Hamilton, the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has been ousted from his position by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, a day after he told lawmakers in a hearing that he did not support eliminating his agency.