We in public media must rally to support our peers at stations challenged by weather catastrophes. Public radio news is a lifeline for isolated people in devastated rural and urban communities. Our ...

Officials are warning a key federal program that provides disaster loans to businesses and homeowners is running critically low on funds in the aftermath of back-to-back hurricanes, increasing the ...

Giving his agency high marks for how the feds responded to three major hurricanes and serious wildfires in California, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told Congress on Tuesday that ...

For many people living across various regions of the world, the fear of natural disasters has reached levels that far exceed the actual statistical risk they face. S. adults overall are "somewhat" or ...

Most Americans will remember 2020 as the year when the pandemic changed everything. But for Lake Charles, Louisiana, and its neighbors along the Gulf Coast, it was also the year of record-setting ...

Recent statements from the current administration signal a deliberate shift of disaster responsibility to states, elevating the need for robust, state-led emergency financing and related state ...

FEMA talks about current disaster declaration, funding, and new programs for Texas after storms (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) During ...

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that it has exhausted funds for its disaster loan program after warnings that funding would soon run out following a ...

President Trump's FEMA Review Council is considering policy recommendations that could raise the bar for federal disaster aid eligibility. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves stated that current FEMA ...

States must assess now whether they have the financial tools and governance structure to respond effectively if Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support is reduced or eliminated. This alert ...