When a hurricane hits or a town floods, someone has to help communities rebuild. That responsibility largely falls to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA — the federal government’s ...
WASHINGTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is tasked with helping states and communities hit by disasters like Hurricane Helene. With Helene hitting during the homestretch of an election ...
As people across North Carolina work to recover and rebuild after Hurricane Florence, many are turning to government assistance programs for help. Millions of dollars in grants and loans have been ...
President Trump has said he is considering eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA. We discuss FEMA's role in helping Texas communities recover from recent flash floods, and what ...
State officials said the blaze in Northern California, known as the Camp Fire, is 80 percent contained, leaving at least 81 people dead, destroying nearly 20,000 structures and burning over 150,000 ...
Native Americans are increasingly responsible for emergency management systems when a natural disaster hits a tribal community. Tribes can issue emergency declarations requests to open up help from ...