The Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Database, which the Trump administration “retired” in May, has relaunched outside of the government using the same methodology. In its first update at ...

FEMA National Incident Management Assistance Team (IMAT) West Team Leader Kevin Hannes and Region 9 Operations Branch Director Mike Jolly tour the devastation in Paradise with Butte County Sheriff ...

Not all communities face disasters equally. Some are hit harder, recover slower, or are more vulnerable from the start. FEMA's Risk Map ranks every county and Census tract in the U.S. based on three ...

Extreme weather events aren’t a new phenomenon in Texas. According to data from the National Centers for Environmental Information, Texas ranks first in the United States for deaths from natural ...

About 70% of flood survivors say climate change contributed to recent disasters. Most Americans support a major federal role in weather tracking and disaster aid. Only 56% believe the government ...

Since taking office, President Trump has called for the elimination of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, suggesting it could be dismantled as soon as December. Lately, his team has backed away ...

The stories behind these events go far beyond numbers. They reflect human loss, survival, and the struggle to rebuild from the ground up. These are events that not only caused immense destruction but ...

President Trump is not known as a compassionate man. But if he were, he’d probably be rethinking his decision to gut the federal programs that help families deal with weather disasters. He obviously ...

Federal agencies sent thousands of personnel to support response efforts to recent disasters such as Hurricanes Helene and Milton and the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. But the concurrent disasters and ...