As of Jan. 28, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had 18 disaster declaration applications awaiting President Donald Trump’s approval. Eleven are more than a month old and some date back to ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency would have enough money to respond to the massive winter storm still impacting large swaths of the U.S. even if a partial government shutdown begins at midnight ...

Gov. Josh Green has requested a presidential disaster declaration following the severe storm that swept across the state.

The president has approved just 23 percent of blue state requests for disaster aid, compared to 89 percent for red states.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is appealing the federal government’s decision to deny two disaster declaration requests that would have unlocked federal funds for recovery efforts. Polis submitted the ...

A few days before a massive winter storm dumped snow and ice on a large swath of the country, disrupted travel and killed more than 30 people, a Florida congressman warned that the Federal Emergency ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tree blocks a road in Nashville, Tenn. on Jan. 28, 2026, following a weekend ice storm. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout ...

FEMA will make $1 billion available for the BRIC program​, which helps local governments harden against natural hazards like ...

WASHINGTON, DC (WDBJ) - FEMA has announced federal disaster assistance is available to the Commonwealth of Virginia to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from a severe ...

A key official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) indicated Wednesday that he believes the nation’s threshold for the declaration of major disasters is too low as various changes loom ...

Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., speaking as then-Florida's Director of Emergency Management during a news conference on April 4, 2021, in Palmetto, Fla. (AP) WLRN has partnered with PolitiFact to ...

Days after a severe winter storm left tens of thousands of people in Nashville without power in freezing temperatures, a rumor began to spread: If power had been out for more than 24 hours, people ...