State crisis managers say severe cuts to federal security grants, restrictions on money intended for preparedness and funding delays tied to litigation are posing a growing risk to their ability to ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – With record-breaking wildfires, floods and storms battering communities nationwide — and President Donald Trump pushing to slash federal disaster aid — state lawmakers are being urged ...

Slogging through a thick slop of mud and rock, Brian Hill passed the roof that Hurricane Helene’s floodwaters had just ripped off someone’s barn and dumped into his yard. Then he peered into the ...

Federal Emergency Management Agency trucks arrive at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Sept. 24, 2024.FEMA employees have been pre-staging equipment and life-sustaining commodities for distribution to ...

When a hurricane hits or a town floods, someone has to help communities rebuild. That responsibility largely falls to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA — the federal government’s ...

A group of 20 states sued the Trump administration on Wednesday seeking to block what they say was an illegal termination of a program that provided federal funding for natural disaster mitigation ...

Members of FEMA's Search and Rescue Task Force in Lumberton, North Carolina, after catastrophic flooding in September 2018. Credit: Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration will ...

Pending legislation in the state Capitol would create a state grant program for Wisconsin residents and businesses who don't qualify for federal aid after being hit by disasters like the August floods ...

HOUSTON — Governor Greg Abbott announced Friday that federal disaster assistance has been approved for additional counties following the Hill Country floods. The update to the Presidential Disaster ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — When Hurricane Helene struck North Carolina in late 2024, aircrews from 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, Connecticut Army National Guard, were among the first to respond.