On a FEMA color-coded hazard map, Alameda, Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties are shaded dark red, indicating an area with ...

As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of ...

That's above the annual average of 14 named storms, partly a result, NOAA officials say, of higher ocean temperatures and lower trade winds. Yet disaster preparation efforts have been thrown into ...

Aid groups, some of which helped after Hurricane Helene, are preparing to take on more responsibility when storms, floods and ...

Robinson began his career with FEMA as an intern in 1987 and has led Region 6, which oversees several disaster-prone states in the Gulf, including Louisiana and Texas, for the past dozen years.

Budget cuts to government disaster-response and climate-monitoring programs have insurance leaders and others warning of grave consequences.