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Experts say recent turmoil at FEMA will leave millions of people vulnerable as climate change-fueled disasters get worse in ...
States and localities should do more to prevent weather disasters. However, the federal government should not do less.
The dismissal of acting Federal Emergency Management Agency head Cameron Hamilton plunges an already fraught agency into ...
After devastating fires tore through Los Angeles in January, a crew of more than 300 young people showed up to help, many of ...
“Instead of being a last resort, FEMA is all too often used by states and public officials as a financial backstop for routine issues that, frankly, should be handled locally. This misalignment has ...
At a time when critical funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has slowed to a crawl, some states — with ...
Mark Cooper, a former Louisiana official who helped respond to hurricanes, the BP oil spill and the COVID pandemic, will be a ...
Cameron Hamilton, FEMA's acting administrator, is leaving the nation's disaster relief agency, after saying he didn't support ...
President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration for Arkansas Tuesday after denying the request last month.
The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been fired one day after he broke with fellow members of the administration when he told lawmakers he does not support ...