Giving his agency high marks for how the feds responded to three major hurricanes and serious wildfires in California, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told Congress on Tuesday that ...

Most Americans will remember 2020 as the year when the pandemic changed everything. But for Lake Charles, Louisiana, and its neighbors along the Gulf Coast, it was also the year of record-setting ...

We in public media must rally to support our peers at stations challenged by weather catastrophes. Public radio news is a lifeline for isolated people in devastated rural and urban communities. Our ...

Recent statements from the current administration signal a deliberate shift of disaster responsibility to states, elevating the need for robust, state-led emergency financing and related state ...

For many people living across various regions of the world, the fear of natural disasters has reached levels that far exceed the actual statistical risk they face. S. adults overall are "somewhat" or ...

Current disaster recovery efforts in the United States exacerbate racial disparities, as people of color experience greater harms from natural disasters, receive less support, lose wealth, and take ...

As COVID-19 first broke in March 2020 and California wildfires raged, one thing became clear: The field of psychiatry needed a new way of thinking about and responding to complicated, overlapping ...

FEMA talks about current disaster declaration, funding, and new programs for Texas after storms (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) During ...

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that it has exhausted funds for its disaster loan program after warnings that funding would soon run out following a ...

The New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management has requested $6.9 million as it cites increasing disasters in the state.The department said the increased request comes after ...

States must assess now whether they have the financial tools and governance structure to respond effectively if Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support is reduced or eliminated. This alert ...