When smoke from area wildfires billowed over the hills near Ashley Livingston-Litwin's home in Los Angeles, she quickly ...

A bill by Assemblymember John Harabedian aims to speed up housing recovery through a state-led task force to address the Palisades and Eaton fires.

Demolition of the former Six Flags in East New Orleans is officially underway, marking a pivotal moment in the transformation ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order establishing a review council for the Federal Emergency Management ...

A former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has linked the devastating California wildfires to ...

The move follows a Jan. 20 Department of Homeland Security directive to dissolve membership of all advisory committees.

Nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard’s 2007 album “A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina)” endures as one of the most eloquent, evocative and ...

The mayor brought with him words of support for FEMA, an agency President Donald Trump talked about shutting down and ...

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has reopened its New Orleans branch, reestablishing connections with local businesses and ...

It’s the possibility of getting rid of FEMA entirely that has lawmakers worried about how states would be able to respond to disasters. Senator Bill Cassidy said an alternative could happen.

When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in late August 2005, it took Congress just a few days to approve $10.5 billion ...

FEMA was absorbed by DHS in 2003, prompting criticism that its highly bureaucratic nature rendered the agency ineffective in addressing natural disasters.