Hurricane Milton barreled into Florida's west coast Wednesday.
AdvertisementHurricane Milton made landfall in Florida on Wednesday evening as a Category 3 storm.
FEMA insisted Monday it had the "capacity to manage multiple simultaneous disasters," including Helene and Milton.
As for FEMA funding, Criswell noted during the briefing that there is currently $11 billion in its Disaster Relief Fund and said she's evaluating whether it will be necessary to ask Congress for more.
Advertisement"The funding is there to support Helene and Milton," Criswell said.
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