States need a major disaster declaration to access federal aid, but the wait time ranges from a few days to a few months.

As families work to rebuild their lives after tornadoes touched down in the Chicago area and northwest Indiana on Tuesday, ...

Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story FEMA OKs billions in disaster assistanceThe Trump administration is ...

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Mississippi is still documenting Winter Storm Fern damage as officials work to unlock broader federal disaster aid for ...

A powerful blizzard is impacting the Northeast just as Congress is returning to Washington to debate DHS, which houses the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA.

Current and former leadership at the Federal Emergency Management Agency are engrossed in a back-and-forth dispute in federal court over the impact of the disaster response office shedding staff en ...

As of Jan. 28, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had 18 disaster declaration applications awaiting President Donald Trump’s approval. Eleven are more than a month old and some date back to ...

Durbin and Duckworth reintroduce bill to reform FEMA's disaster aid process, ensuring fairer support for Illinois communities after storms and natural disasters.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved FEMA Public Assistance (FEMA PA) and FEMA PA Category B to ...

Ahead of a winter storm forecast to blanket Texas this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott has activated a state emergency response in coordination with the Texas Division of Emergency Management. Arctic air ...