With concern and confusion over how the federal government will respond to disasters this summer, aid groups are readying to ...

President Donald Trump has said he wants state and local officials to shoulder more of the burden of disaster response, even ...

The start of hurricane season can send a shiver through eastern North Carolina, a region pounded in the last decade by two ...

Local EMA directors said they aren’t exactly sure how handing emergency response over to the states will change things.

States should lead their own disaster response, he said, suggesting he does not understand that states already do lead ...

President Donald Trump plans to phase out FEMA by 2025, shifting disaster response responsibilities to states. Experts warn ...

President Trump said he will begin dismantling the Federal Emergency Management Agency this year: “We want to bring it down ...

Amid uncertainty around the future of FEMA, state and St. Tammany parish officials encouraged people to focus on this ...

Washington state could soon be responsible for a bigger share of disaster relief response, a possibility state officials have ...

Jefferson County's EMA director says emergency response is primarily driven by local agencies and will continue to be.

Members of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative agree FEMA doesn’t always meet their needs. But they don’t want ...

Forecasters with the National Weather Service say the 2025 hurricane season is expected to be unusually active — just as proposed federal budget cuts to FEMA raise concerns about how future disaster ...