October 28, 2021 FEMA announces disaster assistance, adaptation initiatives to advance climate change resilience The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced two initiatives on Thursday to advance climate change resilience.
October 7, 2021 Abbott asks Biden to appeal FEMA's denial of border crisis disaster declaration Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to President Biden Thursday formally requesting an appeal of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) denial of an emergency disaster declaration due to the massive influx of migrants at Texas' border with Mexico.
September 11, 2021 NASA satellite image shows impact of 9/11 attacks 20 years after the September 11 terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 men, women and children, NASA is remembering the day, sharing images and memories.
September 5, 2021 FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell calls climate change the ‘crisis of our generation’ Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Sunday that climate change is the "crisis of our generation" after Hurricane Ida tore through the country and left dozens of people dead.
August 31, 2021 Afghanistan and Ida, the two stories that eclipsed all others this month in Washington This month blew in like Cerberus and blew out like the Minotaur.
August 30, 2021 Biden calls Black adviser 'boy' during FEMA briefing The president used the term while introducing his senior adviser Cedric Richmond, a Black former member of Congress for Louisiana for a decade.
August 29, 2021 Biden refuses to take Afghanistan question, walks away after offering to take questions at FEMA President Biden blew off a question about Afghanistan after offering to take questions at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington on Sunday.
August 29, 2021 Who is Deanne Criswell, Biden’s FEMA boss? As Louisiana and the Gulf Coast braced for Hurricane Ida, set to make landfall on Sunday potentially as a Category 4 storm, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was expected to play a key role in disaster relief.
June 25, 2021 Miami high rise collapse: Around-the-clock rescue effort continues as federal team preps for investigation Miami first responders and assisting agencies were still conducting a search and rescue operation at the site of a collapsed high rise apartment building in Surfside, Fla., Friday night as a federal team of experts prepared to deploy from Maryland to inspect the site.
June 25, 2021 Biden approves federal emergency declaration after Surfside building collapse President Biden on Friday ordered federal assistance to support the massive response in South Florida after a 12-story building partially collapsed, killing at least one person and trapping other
