The request comes after the Federal Emergency Management Agency has spent rapidly from its disaster relief fund during hurricane season.

President Joe Biden requested the emergency disaster aid funds to address the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

The president said the aid was “urgently needed” as emergency programs face funding shortfalls amid the devastation after Hurricanes Helene and Milton and a string of other natural disasters.

President Joe Biden said he has met firsthand with those harmed by the storms and he heard what residents and businesses needed from the federal government.

President Biden sent a letter to lawmakers Monday urging them to move quickly to get more funding to federal agencies as they ...