US ‘not ready’ for nuclear terror hit

Report finds agency handling disasters lacks co-ordination

The US government is not fully prepared to handle a nuclear terrorist attack or a large-scale natural disaster, lacking effective co-ordination, congressional investigators have found.

A report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) did not always keep track of disaster efforts by agencies, hampering the nation’s preparedness even after Superstorm Sandy in 2012.