When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...

In North Carolina, FEMA seemed completely incapable of dealing with the unique and dangerous mountainous terrain that many ...

County officials announced Friday they are overhauling their emergency alert system after ... hard to find the best and the most updated maps and status for many people. It’s very frustrating ...

It also promotes road safety and coordinates emergency and rescue operations ... Visit the website for a map view of all current warnings in WA and for information on fire bans.

27, maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency show. The maps, which show verified damage to homes as of Jan. 7, were presented to the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners at its Jan. 16 ...

Tropical Storm Helene destroyed nearly 1,000 homes when it tore through Western North Carolina Sept. 27, maps from the ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order establishing a review council for the Federal Emergency Management ...

Jan. 20—SUPERIOR — Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Douglas County are holding an open house Thursday about the release of preliminary new flood maps. The open house ...

Rather than dismantling FEMA, we need to reimagine it as an elite federal agency capable of managing the increasingly complex and severe disasters of a polycrisis age.