A hybrid federal-state partnership could yield more efficient and effective disaster governance without sacrificing equity ...

Despite another record-breaking summer of brutal heat waves and wide-scale flooding, the majority of Americans say they don’t feel entirely prepared for a natural disaster. In fact, almost half of ...

The Trump administration has denied Illinois' request for a major disaster declaration for severe storms that caused flooding ...

Emergency Management Is National Security Domestic disasters—from climate-driven catastrophes to cyber threats—are now just as destabilizing as foreign adversaries. They disrupt economies, displace ...

FEMA has announced the agency is establishing a new university called National Disaster & Emergency Management University (NDEMU) to help train emergency managers to keep pace with the rapidly ...

In most cases, major disaster declarations were not issued until at least a month after the event. The most recent major disaster declaration came in June 2025 after a series of storms and tornadoes ...