The Trump administration’s cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency are putting the country at risk of being unprepared to respond to massive natural disasters this year, Congress’ watchdog ...

Colorado and the Southwest are facing early wildfires and record-breaking drought, which are negatively impacting the economy while Trump is withholding disaster response ...

Disaster response helps communities and saves lives, but it can also leave behind tons of waste and have a negative environmental impact. There are ways to it green.

As disasters and crises increase in frequency, the onus is on federal agencies … to get creative with planning, preparation, ...

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After devastating fires tore through Los Angeles in January, a crew of more than 300 young people showed up to help, many of them members of the national service program AmeriCorps. Among them was ...

After Hurricane Katrina, Congress passed a law to strengthen the nation’s disaster response. FEMA employees say the Trump administration has reversed that progress. By Maxine Joselow Reporting from ...

Preparation for the unknown was always in Alan Harris’s job description as emergency manager for Seminole County, Florida, where thousands of homes suffered flood damage during Hurricane Ian in 2022.

While Marcos highlights the shift toward predictive disaster response during his SONA, people in quake-hit provinces in ...

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said his administration has shifted to predictive disaster response, establishing a ...