The Trump administration is proposing massive changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. We asked disaster experts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Department of Homeland Security is considering a plan to sharply decrease the number of workers who respond to storms. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue teams Washington Task Force 1 and Nevada Task Force 1 continue searching through destroyed ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Flood, storm, and fire survivors gathered in Washington, DC, on Monday to express ...

As communities across the nation brace for another year of hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and extreme heat, the nation’s disaster-response system needs clarity, not suspense. Yet just one hour before ...

The FEMA Review Council recommends replacing the decades-old system for distributing money to states with a plan triggered by weather conditions, not monetary damage. A panel of experts established by ...

The Department of Homeland Security is considering a plan to sharply decrease the number of workers who respond to storms. The workers are part of their "CORE" response, who arrange resources directly ...