As natural disasters like flooding, tornadoes and landslides piled up this spring, FEMA accumulated a backlog of disaster requests going into the Gulf of Mexico's hurricane season.

By all accounts, forecasters provided adequate warning — the problem was communicating the danger to residents.

Demonstrators have taken to the streets across multiple states on Thursday to protest President Donald Trump’s Administration in a day of action honoring the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, with more events planned across the country in the evening.

The project, which was alloted $40 million earlier this week, features notable Texans Sam Houston, Barbara Jordan, George P. Mitchell and Lorenzo de Zavala.