Even before an earthquake knocks items off shelves and causes damage, preparation for the next big one should be done before it happens.

Millions of residents face heightened flood risks, as intensified storm activity threatens vulnerable communities with flash flooding.

Current and former state officials alleged mismanagement, overspending and lingering contamination in lucrative debris ...

FEMA announced in April that it was “ending” the program ... Attorneys general from Arizona, California, Colorado.

Federal aid has trickled in for western North Carolina, but the state is still waiting on the majority of funds requested to ...

The Northwest Wildland Fire Fighting Compact facilitates sharing of firefighting resources and technology amongst U.S. and ...

A massive wildfire raging within a historic California Gold Rush community has forced residents to flee their homes and seek safety as flames devour the landscape and structures.

LOS ANGELES -- President Donald Trump's administration this week rejected California's request for disaster relief funds aimed at cleaning up the damage from six recent wildfires among the siege of ...

President Donald Trump has pushed to reduce the role of the federal government in responding to natural disasters. Trump has ...

The epicenter was in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, where the Juan de Fuca Plate is sliding beneath the North American Plate, ...

ProPublica has identified at least 15 major disasters since 2016 in which officials in the most-harmed communities failed to use a federal system to send emergency alerts to residents — or waited ...