An official from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA, said he meant the comment as a joke.

A spokesperson said that David Richardson, acting administrator of FEMA as of early May, was joking. During the briefing, ...

David Richardson, Trump's head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said he only recently learned there's such a thing ...

In a meeting with FEMA staff, David Richardson said he was unaware the United States had a hurricane season. Two staff ...

FEMA is dismissing recent reports that its acting administrator was unaware of hurricane season, calling David Richardson's ...

David Richardson’s comment to staff that he was unaware the United States had a hurricane season was meant in jest, the ...

President Donald Trump and his allies have repeatedly floated the idea of terminating the emergency disaster agency.

The timing of the supposed joke, however, remains questionable as hurricane season in the United States just began this week ...

Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said ...

Staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency were caught off-guard and left bewildered when the disaster relief agency’s ...

As the Atlantic hurricane season begins, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is under scrutiny. Acting ...