Eight days into the fiscal year, the federal government has spent nearly half the disaster relief that Congress has allocated for the next 12 months. The rapid spending — which is likely to accelerate ...

Caitlin Wan Smith, an officer with Pew’s managing fiscal risks project, helped craft guidelines to help states budget for natural disasters. State governments are failing at comprehensively tracking ...

Congress approved a funding patch Wednesday without supplemental disaster money, even as Hurricane Helene bears down on Florida. A pair of destructive hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, an explosion of ...

Due to ongoing budget cuts and a worsening drought, Hays County is facing an increase risk of wildfires. The Hays County ...

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 funding for North Carolina disaster response and mitigation is paused, putting pressure on the state to pony up more ...