Eleven requests for disaster declarations are pending at the agency — a sign that it is reducing disaster aid to states, experts say.

Gov. Wes Moore Friday issued a request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to conduct damage assessments in areas of Western Maryland that were recently impacted by severe flooding. As a result of torrential rainfall and flash flooding earlier this month,

FEMA has completed its preliminary damage assessments in St. Louis as of Friday, just one week after a devastating EF-3 tornado struck the city and only two days after crews began on-the-ground