The Federal Emergency Management Agency, understaffed and facing the coming spring-flood season along with expected hurricanes and wildfires, is racing to adjust to its new role as coordinator of the federal government’s response to the novel coronavirus, a challenge for an agency more accustomed to dealing with natural disasters.
FEMA had said it was playing a supporting role in fighting the pandemic as late as Thursday, answering to the Department of Health and Human Services and the White House Task Force. That same day,…
