The scrutiny on the agency comes as President Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned the necessity of FEMA and called for ...

Uncertainty is hanging over this year’s hurricane season as meteorologists predict “above-normal” activity and the Trump ...

FEMA is still paying Florida claims on 2024 storms amid debate about whether the federal agency should continue to exist.

Congress should be demanding accountability from FEMA. Instead they're going on vacation. A short hearing by the House ...

We’re scratching our heads and thinking the recovery activities were actually more damaging than the storm itself," said a ...

By Katherine Hafner/WHRO Last fall, after Hurricane Helene devastated communities in North Carolina, it swept into southwest ...

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 ...

Still, Kidd estimates that his office alone is currently managing $23.5 billion in FEMA grant programs covering disasters going back to Hurricane Ike in 2008. Navigating loss ...

Florida Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie said the state has looked at a number of facilities that could be used if ...

Hurricane Beryl, a relatively weak storm, caused at least $1.5 billion in direct damage in Texas in July 2024.It was just one of the 27 billion-dollar disasters that hit the United States last ...

On Wednesday, the city of West Palm Beach held its annual hurricane preparedness drill. The exercise tests the city’s ...

Officials urge residents to sign up for STAN alerts as hurricane season begins.