President Donald Trump’s new pick to lead Federal Emergency Management Agency’s vital Office of Response and Recovery is a critic of the agency with no relevant credentials to take on such an ...

Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana 20 years ago this week. The storm killed more than 1,300 people and displaced tens of thousands more. In the years since Katrina, a slew of studies and government ...

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA's parent agency, said the comment was a joke and that FEMA is prepared for hurricane season. Richardson was appointed as the new chief of ...

Federal Emergency Management Agency employees are trained to respond to disasters, but have struggled this spring with the situation unfolding at their agency. While they've been deployed to wildfires ...

In the wake of the deadly floods in Central Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott praised President Trump for quickly approving a major disaster declaration for Kerr County, the hardest-hit area. "The swift and ...

After Hurricane Katrina, Congress passed a law to strengthen the nation’s disaster response. FEMA employees say the Trump administration has reversed that progress. By Maxine Joselow Reporting from ...