As a researcher focused on health and social supports for aging adults and people living with disabilities, hurricane season arriving amid our current politics gives me pause.

As many as 15 counties could see outages between Thursday and Sunday in some areas as PG&E guards against fire risk to its equipment and customers.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is tightening her grip on her department’s purse strings, ordering that every ...

FEMA pools national resources to help states quickly manage disasters. Without that federal support, each state would be left to build its own expensive response capabilities.

Survivors of natural disasters are at elevated risk for adverse mental health outcomes. Hurricanes and flooding are ...

With peak wildfire season just around the corner, residents of California and the broader U.S. West are bracing not just for the blazes, but also for ongoing cuts to the federal programs that have ...

JACKSON, Miss. — President Donald Trump green-lit disaster relief for eight states Friday, assistance that some of the communities rocked by natural disasters waited on for months. The major ...

Without federal response and support, we will need to develop alternative means of mutual assistance during emergencies.

"If you don’t know what or when hurricane season is, you’re not qualified to run FEMA." New FEMA chief sparks frustration ...

States should lead their own disaster response, he said, suggesting he does not understand that states already do lead ...

State leaders say FEMA reform will cut red tape, but critics warn it could cripple Florida’s disaster response and leave ...

FEMA is “fully activated in preparation for Hurricane Season,” and is “shifting from bloated DC-centric deadweight to a lean, ...