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"If you don’t know what or when hurricane season is, you’re not qualified to run FEMA." New FEMA chief sparks frustration ...
Tensions in the Middle East escalated on Sunday as Iran launched approximately 150 ballistic missiles at Israel in two ...
President Donald Trump is planning to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this year’s hurricane season.
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The City of Clarksville is prepared to spend big bucks to fix its constant flooding issues. The proposed budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year makes it clear that stormwater ...
About 20 minutes later, city officials issued a message via HNL Alert saying, “The City and County of Honolulu has been ...
For Honolulu, there are four different types of alerts that go out to mobile devices. The most broad of them is HNL Alert, which is a recently-debuted emergency system that the state describes as “a ...
There is no current threat to the state of Hawaiʻi. This test was intended solely to validate department systems.
Members of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative agree FEMA doesn’t always meet their needs. But they don’t want ...
The Jefferson County EMA said if FEMA funding is cut operational and personnel costs will be too. Training and equipment to effectively respond to disaster will also be affected.
President Donald Trump’s plan to begin “phasing out” the federal agency that responds to disasters after the 2025 hurricane ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has already experienced staffing cuts and leadership changes ahead of an ...
These cuts directly impact the counties’ ability to plan and prepare for large-scale disasters, leaving officials in limbo as ...