Climate change has made extreme rainfall more common and more intense. But many flood risk maps have yet to catch up.

Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the massive tent detention complex built deep in the Florida Everglades can hold 3,000 and could ...

The federal response to the flash flooding disaster in Texas has come under scrutiny. President Trump, who has called for ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has no immediate plans to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency amid ...

A flood watch is in effect into July 15 for more than a dozen counties as saturated ground gets drenched again.

President Donald Trump’s administration has systematically reduced states’ access to resources to safeguard their people ...

A New Port Richey woman was charged with fraud in connection with a major disaster or emergency benefits, the Department of ...

Rachel Maddow introduces viewers to the unfamiliar image of Donald Trump's pick to lead FEMA, David Richardson, who finally ...

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Tuesday called on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to resign over her response to the catastrophic flooding in Texas that caused a ...

In the survey — which sampled 1,680 U.S. adults — 52% of respondents said that most of the deaths could have been prevented if the government had been more adequately prepared. Twenty-nine percent ...

Connecticut leaders raise doubts over future FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) responses following the Texas floods.

Kerr County officials did not issue a locally targeted emergency alert to warn people in town of the rapidly rising waters ...