Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Proposed FEMA changes raise questions about the future of disaster response

For years, there’s been a debate over what role the Federal Emergency Management Agency should play when disaster strikes ...

FEMA's disaster relief fund hits red zone ahead of hurricane season

FEMA's disaster relief fund has dropped below $3 billion, triggering Immediate Needs Funding, which means the agency must ...
Inside Climate News

Disaster Survivors Denounce Proposed FEMA Downsizing

Flood, storm and fire survivors gathered in Washington, D.C., Monday to express their alarm over a leaked report from the FEMA Review Council that proposes halving the agency’s workforce and scaling ...
TwinCities.com

FEMA could still support winter storm response in a shutdown, despite administration warnings

The Federal Emergency Management Agency would have enough money to respond to the massive winter storm still impacting large swaths of the U.S. even if a partial government shutdown begins at ...
WSMV

FEMA approves disaster assistance for 23 Tennessee counties

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved FEMA Public Assistance (FEMA PA) and FEMA PA ...
KOMU 8

State starts process for federal disaster aid in 5 mid-Missouri counties after severe weather

Missouri asked FEMA to survey damage from severe weather in 11 counties in the first step to request federal disaster aid.

FEMA aims to rehire most of the disaster-response employees it fired months ago

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is working to rehire more than 100 disaster-response employees in time for hurricane ...