The job cuts expected this month are part of a plan by the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, to remake the agency.

FEMA cuts more than 1,000 contract employees, as states are still recovering from flooding and last year's hurricanes, ...

Internal agency emails and documents, as well as people familiar with the plans, suggest Noem is spearheading the drastic ...

When we talk about disasters, we often default to the language of nature. We describe storms as "unprecedented," floods as ...

The Trump administration is abruptly cutting dozens of disaster response and recovery staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency this week, according to internal emails obtained by CNN and ...

When the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban search and rescue team resigned after the deadly July 4, 2025, Texas floods, he told colleagues he was frustrated with bureaucratic ...

Every year, many of us go in for a routine physical. Not because anything feels wrong, but because it is useful to know what ...

A GOES-16 (GOES East) visible satellite image of Hurricane Don at 6:20 PM EDT on July 22, 2023 in the Atlantic. Don was the first hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. (NOAA) In this season ...

Editor’s note: In the wake of the devastating floods that have swept through Texas—claiming lives, displacing thousands and overwhelming local infrastructure—the urgency of disaster preparedness has ...

When disaster strikes, businesses face immediate and costly challenges: How do they keep operations running, protect their assets and recover quickly? While no company is immune to crises, those with ...

Emergency logistics and disaster management optimisation constitute a critical research domain that integrates advanced mathematical modelling, data analytics and operational strategies to manage, pre ...