FEMA

Five-Alarm Fire

Jeffrey Gedmin · December 16, 2016 6:15 am

Once inaugurated, Trump, under the Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act, will have the ability to text the public with three types of emergency messages. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

President-elect Trump will be able to text your cell phone soon

Anna Giaritelli · November 30, 2016 10:51 pm

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is taking President Obama to task for the lack of assistance the federal government has given the Sunshine State for its fight against the Zika outbreak, which spread to a new area of Miami this week. (AP Photo/Chase Stevens)

Florida governor slams Obama for ‘multiple outstanding requests’ to fight Zika

Anna Giaritelli · October 13, 2016 11:08 pm

President Obama declared a state of emergency in Florida on Thursday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama declares state of emergency in Florida

Susan Crabtree · October 6, 2016 6:14 pm

Two million people have been ordered or urged to evacuate their homes in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas before Hurricane Matthew, the largest storm to hit the Southeast in a decade, makes landfall late Thursday and tears up the East Coast through the weekend. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Two million evacuated as storm of the decade approaches East Coast

Anna Giaritelli · October 6, 2016 3:37 am

Louisiana Republicans Aren’t Being Hypocritical by Supporting Disaster Relief

Chris Deaton · August 24, 2016 1:03 am

Obama extolled Fugate and FEMA several times during his brief remarks after touring Baton Rouge. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

Obama pledges to help Louisiana ‘even after the cameras leave’

Nicole Duran · August 23, 2016 6:26 pm

White House spokesman insisted that the flood recovery effort in Baton Rouge, La., allows President Obama to visit that state this week. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

White House insists Trump isn’t driving Obama’s Louisiana trip

Nicole Duran · August 22, 2016 5:34 pm

Michael Brown said a statement from President Obama that the government understands the people of Louisiana's problems would be a good place to start. (AP Photo)

Former FEMA chief: Obama ‘botched’ Louisiana response

Anna Giaritelli · August 19, 2016 9:29 pm

FEMA is stopping nearly $30 million in reimbursements from going to Mississippi for the state's efforts to recover from 2005's Hurricane Katrina that crippled the Gulf Coast (AP Photo/David Carson, Pool)

Energy and Environment

FEMA pulls the plug on Mississippi’s post-Katrina funding

John Siciliano · August 19, 2016 8:04 pm

Taylor Swift donated $1 million Tuesday to flood recovery efforts in Louisiana after torrential rains caused massive flooding. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Why Taylor Swift gave $1M to Louisiana flood victims

Anna Giaritelli · August 17, 2016 2:48 am

Sen. Bill Cassidy said, "The pattern is well known, an outbreak of disease occurs, public panic grows, Congress scrambles and appropriates money." (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Senators seek health emergency fund after Zika stalemate

Robert King · July 15, 2016 4:27 pm