This guide explains how federal, state, and local disaster response works — from applying for FEMA aid to documenting damage.

FEMA has been ripped for its response to Maria but the ... 2009 to 2017, said the new approach could be more beneficial than the after-the-fact "punitive reports" the IG often issues in ...

Nearly one week after flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country and killed at least 119 people, it appears the acting ...

As the storm system intensified overnight, rainfall totals surged beyond predictions, overwhelming the area’s rivers, creeks, ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is tightening her grip on her department’s purse strings, ordering that every contract and grant over $100,000 must now cross her desk for approval, according ...