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Death Toll at 5, More Remains ID'd in Surfside
Rescue crews found another body in the rubble of a collapsed 12-story condominium tower near Miami on Saturday, raising the death toll to five as they raced to recover any survivors while fighting back...
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Texas Requests 5 Mobile Morgues
Texas has asked the federal government to supply five trailers to serve as morgues with COVID-19 deaths in the state expected to mount. Texas Department of State Health Services spokesman Doug Loveday...
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FEMA Told Them to Get Out. It Was Pretty Much Impossible
The hits just kept coming for Mike Erickson. The California man lost his home in 2016 in the face of medical debt incurred by wife Crystal's stroke, which partly paralyzed her. In November 2018 came...
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Many Families Aren't Applying for COVID Funeral Funds
In March last year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency launched a program to reimburse families for funerals for loved ones who died from COVID-19. With daily deaths currently at an average of...
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Most Homes in Ian's Path Don't Have Flood Insurance
The low percentages of homes in Hurricane Ian's way that have flood insurance will mean people may not be able to rebuild, and even if they can, homeowners and their communities will be in for an...
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Hurricane Recovery Aid Will Be Huge, FEMA Says
With the death toll from Hurricane Ian rising and hundreds of thousands of people without power in Florida and the Carolinas, US officials vowed Sunday to unleash an unprecedented amount of federal...
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Only 1 in 10 Counties Was Spared Disaster in Last Decade
Some 90% of the counties in the United States suffered a weather disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published Wednesday. Some endured as many as 12 federally declared disasters over...
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Get Ready for Lots of Noise Wednesday Afternoon
Starting midday on Wednesday, your cellphone will likely start making a lot of noise—and it won't be alone. FEMA, in conjunction with the FCC, will be conducting a nationwide test of both its Emergency...
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Emergency Alerts Sound in Halls of Government, Too
The government was subject to the nationwide test of the nation's emergency alert systems on Wednesday. Reporters' phones began blaring just before 2:20pm ET during a White House press conference,...
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