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The president has repeatedly called for FEMA to be eliminated.
But the council recommends investing in the agency to make it easier for disaster survivors to get help.
That includes housing for people whose homes are destroyed in hurricanes, wildfires, and other events.
The council does not recommend cuts to FEMA's workforce.
In recent weeks, the agency has reversed Trump administration policies that previously cut thousands of jobs at FEMA.
The council was created by President Trump in the early days of his second term.
The president has repeatedly called for FEMA to be eliminated.
But the council recommends investing in the agency to make it easier for disaster survivors to get help.
That includes housing for people whose homes are destroyed in hurricanes, wildfires, and other events.
The council does not recommend cuts to FEMA's workforce.
In recent weeks, the agency has reversed Trump administration policies that previously cut thousands of jobs at FEMA.
The tsunami in Tracy Arm Fjord near Juneau happened early in the morning last August.
No one witnessed it firsthand.
Now, a study conducted by more than a dozen scientists finds that the so-called mega tsunami was extremely powerful —
It destroyed trees and other vegetation hundreds of feet up the steep sides of the fjord.
The study was published in the journal Science.
The wave was triggered by a landslide next to a glacier, which is rapidly melting because of climate change, making the area unstable.
The authors warn that more research is urgently needed to predict when and where such tsunamis will happen in the future.