Peter Gaynor, acting administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), stands for a photograph following an interview in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Fri., April 26, 2019. (Photographer: Melissa Lyttle/Bloomberg) Peter Gaynor, acting administrator forthe Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), stands for aphotograph following an interview in Washington, D.C., U.S., onFri., April 26, 2019. (Photographer: MelissaLyttle/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) — Americans must assume more responsibility forprotecting themselves from the rising toll of natural disasters, the headof the Federal Emergency Management Agency warned this week.

"Most people think, 'I see it on TV, it'll never happen to me;I'm not going to make the time or investment,'" Peter Gaynor, the acting FEMA administrator,said in an interview at his office at FEMA's Washingtonheadquarters. "We haven't solved the problem in a significantway."

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