Uncertainty is hanging over this year’s hurricane season as meteorologists predict “above-normal” activity and the Trump administration sends shifting signals over the future of the federal government ...

The event will take place on Aug. 5 at 6 p.m. at the Port Wentworth Fire Department Headquarters, located at 100 Anchor Park ...

A semi-trailer fire on I-15 near Hurricane was quickly handled by emergency teams; overheated brakes were the cause.

Fort Bend County launches a mobile command center and flood cameras to improve hurricane preparedness and real-time emergency response.

President Donald Trump’s plan to begin “phasing out” the federal agency that responds to disasters after the 2025 hurricane season is likely to put more responsibilities on states to provide services ...

Trump's comments were among the most direct to date indicating his intention to significantly downsize if not outright eliminate FEMA, which has an annual budget of around $30 billion and employed ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Craig Fugate, former FEMA administrator, about the challenges the U.S. faces with the impending arrival of Hurricane Milton weeks after Hurricane Helene.

Economic Policy FEMA has enough funding for Hurricane Milton. What’s next is less certain. A disaster loan program at the Small Business Administration and other long-term FEMA projects could ...

The underlying principle of FEMA is that the country has a shared responsibility to help communities stricken by natural ...

In August 2023, FEMA’s cash stockpile for disaster response ran out, right as Hurricane Idalia swept through the Florida Big Bend as a Category 4 hurricane. It caused $3.6 billion in damages ...

As natural disasters like flooding, tornadoes and landslides piled up this spring, FEMA accumulated a backlog of disaster ...