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Emergency preparedness is front and center in Columbus this week.  Emergency management directors and those they work with across governmental lines are holding a ...
Governor Abbott requests federal aid for Texas counties hit by floods, aiming to include them in a Major Disaster Declaration ...
Gov. Greg Abbott instructed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to request federal assistance for three additional ...
In response to the catastrophic flooding across Central Texas, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins continues to direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) activation of comprehensi ...
An army of cadaver dogs is driving the next phase of recovery efforts in central Texas as more details emerge about actions from local officials. More than 130 people are dead, and at least 100 remain ...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” Lee esto en español. Disasters can feel overwhelming if you’re an immigrant, whether it’s because of your ...
With hurricane and wildfire season well underway across much of the country, state and local emergency managers say they have ...
The Trump administration canceled a FEMA program in April that would have funded upgrades to protect the town from flooding.
The Kerr County Commissioners Court discussed installing early warning sirens as early as 2015, after a deadly flood on ...
As local flood victims wait for movement from Washington, D.C., on federal assistance, Delegate Shawn Fluharty faults the West Virginia Legislature for not being proactive and establishing a flood ...
Murphy rebuked the Administration’s notion that states could effectively administer disaster response without federal coordination… Washington, D.C., July 3, 2025 — Whip Clark: “Republicans Are on the ...
Scammers know natural disasters create opportunities to take advantage of people. One way they do that is by impersonating FEMA officials.