On Friday, March 6, Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that a judge had granted Jackson's motion forcing FEMA to reinstate its BRIC program.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just prior to the full fury of January’s great winter storm, the Federal Emergency Management Agency declared it would “cease ...

State crisis managers say severe cuts to federal security grants, restrictions on money intended for preparedness and funding delays tied to litigation are posing a growing risk to their ability to ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has run out of disaster relief funding for the second year in a row before the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season has even arrived. The agency, which ...

States need a major disaster declaration to access federal aid, but the wait time ranges from a few days to a few months.

Slogging through a thick slop of mud and rock, Brian Hill passed the roof that Hurricane Helene’s floodwaters had just ripped off someone’s barn and dumped into his yard. Then he peered into the ...

Current and former leadership at the Federal Emergency Management Agency are engrossed in a back-and-forth dispute in federal court over the impact of the disaster response office shedding staff en ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - FEMA said President Donald Trump has issued an emergency declaration for South Carolina. FEMA announced Saturday that federal disaster assistance is available for the ...

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Just prior to the full fury of January’s great winter storm, the Federal Emergency Management Agency declared it would “cease offboarding” frontline disaster responders whose terminations were pending ...

Just prior to the full fury of January’s great winter storm, the Federal Emergency Management Agency declared it would “cease offboarding” frontline disaster responders whose terminations were pending ...

Just prior to the full fury of January’s great winter storm, the Federal Emergency Management Agency declared it would “cease offboarding” frontline disaster responders whose terminations were pending ...