GAO was asked to review long-standing challenges and emerging issues in federal response efforts for recent disasters, ...

Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.) aims to introduce legislation this fall that would establish an agency to investigate deadly ...

About 70% of flood survivors say climate change contributed to recent disasters. Most Americans support a major federal role in weather tracking and disaster aid. Only 56% believe the government ...

Risk map may miss recent disasters, other info Remember, this is a long-term index and takes into account all FEMA disaster declarations in history.

In the last year, extreme floods, fires, and storms wreaked havoc around the world. For the victims of these disasters, a whole other nightmare awaits them once the flames are contained and ...

On August 27, the Seattle Times reported that two firefighter crews deployed to fight the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula were held by Border Patrol agents, and two firefighters were ...

Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disaster, according to new research. A survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly ...

Recent staff losses at the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the departure of two dozen senior leaders, ...

Worldwide, an estimated 440 million people were exposed to a wildfire encroaching on their home at some point between 2002 ...