FEMA and other agencies are working with fewer resources. As storms loom, a government shutdown could up the pressure.

"Last year, leading into Hurricane Helene and Milton at the peak of hurricane season, FEMA was already basically at no staff available," said Chris Currie.

Hurricane Katrina looms large in the history of American emergency management, both for what went wrong as the disaster unfolded and for the policy changes it triggered. As the nation looks back on ...

Last month, a 1000-year flood devastated Milwaukee and surrounding counties. The flooding left at least two people dead, tens of thousands without power, and caused over $52 million in damages. Last ...

Publicly, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said the Federal Emergency Management Agency needs to be reoriented or even done away with altogether. “We are eliminating FEMA,” Noem said at a ...

The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved legislation to provide the most robust legislative reform of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and federal disaster assistance ...

The third session of the Series, Disasters are a Team Sport: Federally Supported, State Managed, Locally Executed, will be held on September 16, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET. This session will ...

It felt like the longest two hours of Karen Stirewalt’s life, from the harrowing realization that Big Sandy Creek was going to sweep away her house, to the agonizing wait for emergency responders who ...