One FEMA official described the strategic plan as the agency's "organizational backbone," saying, "Without it, there are just ...

Tornadoes and severe storms ravaged Missouri late last week, and Senator Josh Hawley is calling on FEMA to help rebuild.

President Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of eliminating the agency altogether and sending the responsibility of disaster relief back to the states ...

As the federal response to Hurricane Helene is well underway, many MAGA Republicans have been politicizing the hurricane ...

Six million households applied for help between 2017 and 2020 and FEMA sent rejections to 4 million of them. In 2021 so far, FEMA has approved just 13 percent of applicants, its lowest rate yet.

On April 12, FEMA launched a COVID-19 funeral reimbursements program as part of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

said in a statement. In 2021, FEMA took major steps to help people qualify for disaster aid by revising a policy guide. The new policy, which took effect with no official public or congressional ...

Rome is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help the city recover from widespread flooding in August 2021. The federal relief is trickling in slowly, however. City parks and ...

The massive heat dome that struck the Pacific Northwest in 2021 paralyzed the region. Emergency departments were overwhelmed. Roads buckled in the heat. Hundreds of people died. That same year ...

I am not surprised that the victims of Hurricane Helene are complaining about FEMA (“On their own in NC,” Oct. 6). In 2021 some residents of my town lost their homes because of Hurricane Ida.