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

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

May, FEMA had 1,952 trained staffers ready to deploy to disasters; a year earlier, it had 6,588. Meanwhile, NOAA has lost about 20% of staff, including hundreds of National Weather Service employees.

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

FEMA is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and leads disaster preparation, response and recovery efforts. The agency has helped cover tens of millions of dollars of damage to ...

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

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.