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The economic burden of disasters is intensifying. While the direct costs of disasters averaged USD 70–80billion a year ...

No longer confined to ecology alone, the fight for nature has become a fight for national resilience, economic stability, and ...

With uncertainty surrounding the future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), data shows its concrete impact ...

As President Trump remakes the agency, former officials say the changes could leave states without key federal support after ...

Kentuckians impacted by the severe storms in April now have until July to apply for federal assistance.FEMA announced on ...

A storm hit. The dam broke. And 2,209 people were swept away in minutes. The Johnstown Flood remains one of America’s most haunting disasters.

A new Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) is now open in Calloway County for those impacted by severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides in April.

FEMA has extended the deadline for people impacted by severe weather in April to July 25. Survivors are encouraged to file ...

The Senate also passed legislation that authorizes hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives to improve or build new ...

The National Hurricane Center said late Wednesday night a disturbance in the Pacific could become a tropical depression over the weekend.

TOPEKA —As a result of a series of severe storms that struck the state in May, the state of Kansas has started joint Public Assistance Program Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDA) conducted by FEMA ...