State officials say applications to FEMA for more than $200 million in aid for homeowners have sat unapproved for months.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officially denied Maryland's appeal for aid following historic flooding in the western part of the state in May.

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A microburst storm in Tempe caused widespread damage, downing trees and power lines, and damaging nearly 1,000 buildings. Gov. Katie Hobbs issued an emergency declaration, a necessary step in the ...

Current and former staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency demonstrated against workforce and program cuts during a “FEMA Solidarity Rally” on Friday, a potentially risky act of protest ...

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More than three months after the rains stopped, nearly 3,800 households damaged by the July 4 flooding in Central Texas have been awarded federal assistance to put toward repairing their homes and ...

On the afternoon of August 21, Jason Gosselin raised the alarm: The flood recovery project he managed was running out of money faster than he had anticipated. One email he sent his colleagues ended ...

US District Judge William E. Smith of the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration violated the court’s previous order requiring the Department of ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a local state of emergency declaration on Tuesday amid the federal immigration operations. In the declaration, county staff stated that a recent ...

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It is published with support from the CO2 Foundation. On the ...