The Federal Emergency Management Agency has abruptly halted ongoing terminations of hundreds of disaster workers as the agency prepares for an enormous winter storm expected to pound a large swath of ...

FEMA has paused layoffs of disaster workers, citing the massive winter storm, amid an agency overhaul that has already cut ...

A record-setting 21 thunderstorm events each caused at least $1 billion in damages, a sign that more people and property are in harm’s way.

Climate change is turbocharging heatwaves, wildfires, floods and tropical storms, but how deadly have extreme weather events ...

Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disaster, according to new research. A survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly by U.S. region found that regardless of where they live, the threat of a ...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is appealing President Donald Trump’s recent denials of two requests for disaster aid, adding to ...

Charred homes and burnt cars are pictured amid the rubble of the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates in Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 13, 2025. Charred homes and burnt cars are ...

In May, floods devastated small towns in Maryland’s Allegany and Garrett counties. Roads collapsed. Homes flooded. Schoolchildren had to be ferried to safety. Last November, a bomb cyclone tore across ...