As of Jan. 28, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had 18 disaster declaration applications awaiting President Donald ...

President Donald Trump at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters in August 2020. (DHS Photo by Benjamin Applebaum/Released) Mahatma Gandhi advised us to “Be the change that you ...

In this Special Feature, we will be looking at the psychology of disaster management and offering an overview of the impact of disaster management techniques on the mental and emotional health of ...

SWANNANOA, N.C.—People are living in campers in fields of debris off U.S. 70, the main thoroughfare through the small town of Swannanoa, east of Asheville. Cars are buried nose-first under dirt and ...

A state of emergency is often declared ahead of major winter storms. This explainer breaks down what it does, how it helps ...

Disaster 101: This is part of a series that looks at how communities recover from extreme natural disasters and ways Duke experts are focused on rebuilding better. Disaster expert Brian McAdoo shares ...

Here are the types of extreme weather you may face — from tornadoes to floods to snow storms — and the officials who determine how severe it is and how financial assistance is distributed. Natural ...

After Hurricane Helene ripped through North Carolina, Francesca got to work. As an employee for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, she was deployed to the state for a month to coordinate aid for ...

President Donald Trump has floated abolishing FEMA, citing the agency’s struggle to deliver timely disaster assistance, and in his second term he’s used executive actions to cut staff and freeze funds ...