As natural disasters like flooding, tornadoes and landslides piled up this spring, FEMA accumulated a backlog of disaster requests going into the Gulf of Mexico's hurricane season.

Sens. Rubén Gallego and Richard Blumenthal say belt-tightening measures might have hampered the agency’s response.

Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. For months, officials at FEMA have been warning that the agency is unprepared for disasters due to the mass exodus of experienced emergency managers and the looming threat of it being dismantled.

Kerr County officials did not issue a locally targeted emergency alert to warn people in town of the rapidly rising waters until two days after the deadly flood, according to

Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Deanne Criswell is seen on August 30, 2023. On November 19, 2024, Criswell said she'd support an investigation into alleged Trump bias in recent ...

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a lawsuit against two Federal Emergency Management Agency officials for alleged discriminatory practices, which resulted in at least 20 homes displaying ...