North Carolina resident Mona Roper said she supports the Trump administration's plan to eliminate FEMA, calling DHS Secretary ...

Adrinda Kelly watched from New York as Hurricane Katrina swallowed her hometown of New Orleans in 2005. Floodwaters rose, ...

In the U.S., disaster-related average annual losses reach $112 billion. Yet, despite these risks, investment in prevention ...

Texas is one of four states at an increased risk of seeing a direct hit from a hurricane or tropical storm with the coming ...

When disaster strikes, many homeowners don't realize they probably don't have enough property insurance to cover all their ...

In 2025, the IRS has once again extended the tax filing deadline for residents in areas declared major disaster zones by the ...

“States don’t have that capability built to handle a disaster every single year,” Lynn Budd, director of the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security, told Stateline in an interview. Access to FEMA avoids ...

Florida is no stranger to disasters. From hurricanes and flooding to extreme heat, the state experiences the devastating impacts of climate-driven hazards year after year. In 2024 alone ...

As hurricane and tornado seasons ramp up, DOGE cuts have reached the federal agency that tracks extreme weather.

Some experts viewed the executive order as a softening of Trump’s rhetoric on FEMA. The Biden-Harris administration had ...

For decades, the relatively small agency has carried the significant responsibility of helping states and local communities recover from hurricanes, wildfires and other weather-related disasters.

The US president can declare a major disaster or emergency for any natural event, such as hurricanes, storms, tornados and landslides, when they determine an event is severe enough to surpass the ...