The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced nearly $12 million in grant funding on Monday for Oklahoma and four other states to protect local infrastructure and mitigate future disaster ...

Officials said on Thursday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund has experienced a "drastic depletion" amid the ongoing government shutdown of portions of the Department ...

An emergency preparedness advocacy group is sounding the alarm that potential reforms to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) operations could leave victims on the hook for "a cumulative ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has restricted its disaster spending to lifesaving operations after the Disaster Relief Fund fell below $3 billion and the agency invoked Immediate Needs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sisters watch as a skid-steer loader pulls a tree in Highmore, South Dakota, on June 29, 2026, after a severe storm that morning.

EXCLUSIVE: The partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security could have a critical impact on local disaster response without assistance from the Federal Emergency Management ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump’s top official overseeing disaster response insists he was once teleported to a Georgia Waffle House. Gregg Phillips, appointed in December to head the Federal Emergency ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday opened applications for a major resilience grant program that the agency canceled last year, less than three weeks after a federal judge ordered ...

The Trump administration halted disaster aid Sunday to states for long-term rebuilding projects in order to focus on emergency operations as the partial government shutdown enters its second week. The ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday opened applications for a major resilience grant program that the agency canceled last year, less than three weeks after a federal judge ordered ...

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