On June 30, the Defense Department stopped using a tool that’s been essential for predicting hurricanes. So homeowners need ...

Hurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in ways that will affect the hazards residents face far into the future.

Under House Bill 5013, the state’s backing for hurricane-related reinsurance took a major cut. The law lowers the cumulative ...

May, FEMA had 1,952 trained staffers ready to deploy to disasters; a year earlier, it had 6,588. Meanwhile, NOAA has lost about 20% of staff, including hundreds of National Weather Service employees.

Started in 2022, the American Red Cross’ Community Adaptation Program works with nonprofits in disaster-ridden counties ...

Experts say Georgians should prepare for more record-setting storms — and perhaps to shoulder more of the skyrocketing costs.

The Florida House filed legislation to reverse the hard-fought legal reforms and return back to the status quo of a few years ...

President Donald Trump said his team will move forward with winding down much of the Federal Emergency Management Agency — but not until after a hurricane season that some projections show could ...

Bermuda-based reinsurers are expanding their exposure to natural disaster risks, such as hurricanes, even as reinsurance pricing shows signs of softening, according to a recent Moody’s report ...

Policy National Weather Service, FEMA start hurricane season under a cloud Cuts to agency come as NOAA warns of an active hurricane season, with a likelihood of 13 to 19 named storms ...

FEMA said in a statement that it is “fully activated for Hurricane Season” as it transforms from a “bloated, [Washington, D.C.]-centric dead weight to a lean, deployable disaster force that ...