FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, often comes up during the response period to a disaster, but what does the ...

A month ago, the president said he planned to “wean” states off FEMA assistance. Now, the White House has adopted a different ...

Rep. Sam Graves’ bipartisan Fixing FEMA Act would give local first responders help they need to restore vital infrastructure.

Local offices of the National Weather Service were missing meteorologists and professionals in other key roles.

“The crux of this disaster is a failure of the last mile of communication,” Tom Fahy, legislative director at the union that ...

Ms. Tierney has worked in emergency management for over 25 years, and was acting deputy secretary of the Department of ...

CBS News analysis shows there were 22 warnings sent by the National Weather Service for Kerr County and the Kerrville area, ...

On a FEMA color-coded hazard map, Alameda, Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties are shaded dark red, indicating an area with ...

As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of ...

Lamont said that after decades of cooperation on environmental issues it's now hard to reach a national consensus.

The Federal Aviation Administration typically issues temporary flight restrictions in airspace needed for relief and recovery ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency outlined how Kerr County residents can apply for assistance from the Fourth of July ...