May 23, 2019 Dr. Daniel Kaniewski: Strengthening our nation’s resilience for disasters is one of FEMA's top priorities On the cusp of the 2019 hurricane season and in the wake of two busy hurricane seasons, strengthening the nation’s resilience for disasters is a top FEMA priority.
March 23, 2019 FEMA exposed sensitive private data of 2.3M survivors of 2017 hurricanes, wildfires The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) potentially exposed millions of people to identity theft and fraud after wrongly sharing sensitive personal information of survivors of devastating 2017 hurricanes and wildfires with a contractor.
February 13, 2019 FEMA Administrator Brock Long announces resignation Brock Long, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), announced Thursday that he was resigning from his position, saying "it is time for me to go home to my family."
November 10, 2018 Trump threatens to withhold California fire aid, citing state's 'gross mismanagement' of forests President Donald Trump on Friday approved California’s request for an emergency declaration, ordering federal assistance to help local responders in the midst of three wildfires across the state.
October 15, 2018 Trump tours hurricane-battered Florida and Georgia, praises recovery efforts President Trump and the first lady arrived in the Florida Panhandle on Monday morning to tour areas of the Sunshine State and Georgia that were devastated by Hurricane Michael last week.
September 17, 2018 A weakened Florence continues destructive path to northeast A weakening Florence is expected to drop at least about 6 inches of rain over parts of the Mid-Atlantic and New England over the next few days – raising fears that the heavily saturated waterways in the region will trigger flash floods.
September 16, 2018 Florence is going to be 'a long, frustrating recovery,' FEMA director says Federal officials and lawmakers on Sunday said that while they are well prepared for the disaster relief efforts as the damaging winds and rains from Tropical Depression Florence continue to batter the Eastern Seaboard, the long-term impact of the storm is still yet to be determined.
September 16, 2018 FEMA director says there's 'difference between direct deaths and indirect deaths' in Puerto Rico, following Trump remarks Speaking to Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday,” FEMA chief Brock Long said that the agency itself does not conduct a count of how many people die because of the storm, but added that it’s hard to make an accurate judgment of how many people were actually killed by Hurricane Maria.
September 13, 2018 FEMA's deliberate Hurricane Florence tough talk aimed at getting residents to evacuate FEMA associate director Jeffrey Byard isn’t mincing words.
September 13, 2018 Hurricane Florence's potentially catastrophic path includes 'at-risk' nuclear power plants Two at-risk nuclear power plants – one with the same design as the Fukushima plant – are in the center for Hurricane Florence’s path of destruction when it makes landfall later this week.
