This guide explains how federal, state, and local disaster response works — from applying for FEMA aid to documenting damage.

Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) on Wednesday unveiled the Disaster Assistance Improvement and Decentralization (AID) Act, new legislation to improve the Federal ...

The exercise aimed to test preparedness and response capabilities for mass casualty incidents, involving multiple local agencies. The drill was conducted at Paulding County High School, closed to ...

Nearly 200 attendees gathered at the Hotel Zaza in Austin, Texas for Compliance Week's 2025 June 3-4. This year's conference brought together compliance professionals from across the globe to discuss ...

Fox News relentlessly scrutinized and attacked disaster response under President Joe Biden as part of its coverage of extreme weather events. But so far, the network has been quiet about multiple ...

WASHINGTON—Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are scrapping a hurricane-response plan that its recently appointed leader, David Richardson, had said was close to completion, according ...

WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said he had not been aware the country has a ...

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Deadly weekend storms destroyed thousands of buildings and killed at least 30 people in multiple states. See photos of the destruction.

FEMA is experiencing layoffs, budget cuts, grant cancellations and other challenges at the start of wildfire and hurricane season. President Trump wants to shift disaster response responsibilities ...

The photos below capture the desperation of people with nowhere to go, the absence of infrastructure to help them, the desolation of the empty desert.