The following excerpt is drawn from the Prologue of Disaster Nation, a new book by David J. Alexander that examines how America’s disaster response system has become reactive, fragmented, and fiscally ...

At a recent training, Boulder’s office of disaster management presented two checklists designed to help businesses prepare ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, announced Saturday that certain entities in Idaho may access federal disaster ...

In May, floods devastated small towns in Maryland’s Allegany and Garrett counties. Roads collapsed. Homes flooded. Schoolchildren had to be ferried to safety. Last November, a bomb cyclone tore across ...

Disaster 101: This is part of a series that looks at how communities recover from extreme natural disasters and ways Duke experts are focused on rebuilding better. Disaster expert Brian McAdoo shares ...

It’s the largest portion of the $21 billion in disaster aid approved by Congress at the end of 2024. And this week, USDA announced farmers will be able to start signing up for $16 billion in disaster ...

Governor Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation for counties impacted by last Monday's storms, allowing access to state ...

As of Jan. 28, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had 18 disaster declaration applications awaiting President Donald Trump’s approval. Eleven are more than a month old and some date back to ...

Just prior to the full fury of January’s great winter storm, the Federal Emergency Management Agency declared it would “cease offboarding” frontline disaster responders whose terminations were pending ...

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) announced Wednesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has made Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) available ...

In the wake of January's deadly wildfires, Los Angeles County leaders are weighing a disaster registry intended to help disabled and senior residents get connected to emergency responders to bring ...