States used to be on their own when a disaster hit. Then the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 and the Dust Bowl showed ...

Since taking office, President Trump has called for the elimination of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, suggesting it ...

Decades of disaster response history help explain how changes to FEMA’s structure have affected its ability to manage ...

Among the Trump administration’s top targets for dismantling: the U.S. Department of Education and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Both were established by President Jimmy Carter.

The devastating storm that traveled through Beltrami County and surrounding areas on June 21 fell $800,000 short in ...

Funding for FEMA's disaster survivor hotline lapsed the day after the Texas floods, federal records show. It took DHS ...

BOSTON — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from reallocating $4 billion meant to help communities ...

Hurricane season begins in earnest in August. The devastating floods in Texas earlier this summer underscored the importance of state and local readiness as the federal government rethinks its role in ...

One of the most experienced emergency response experts in the country, who lives in Maine, says the nation is becoming less prepared to respond to disasters.

Hill Country and Central Texas homeowners, renters and businesses have less than 30 days to request federal help after ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be a Cabinet-level agency that reports directly to the president under a new bipartisan bill.

David Richardson, acting leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), on Wednesday defended his agency’s response to deadly Texas floods despite pushback from lawmakers. During a ...