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

The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in disaster aid that was previously awaiting approval from Homeland ...

Gov. JB Pritzker toured tornado damage in Kankakee County on Thursday, and said he’s confident that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide disaster assistance for storm victims, even ...

The payments to states drain a large share of FEMA's budget reserves, raising questions about the agency’s ability to respond ...

Federal funding for North Carolina disaster response and mitigation is paused, putting pressure on the state to pony up more cash for staff and equipment to defend against natural disasters or ...

U.S. Senator Gary Peters, D‑MI, ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new ...

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

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has designated eight north Louisiana parishes as Natural Disaster Areas ...

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 ...