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The FEMA task force staffers are in a small inflatable boat, viewed through a window

Phase-Out of FEMA On Course, Trump Says, Raising Worries About a Weakened National Disaster Response 

By Dylan Baddour

A woman walks through high tide floodwaters on Aug. 9, 2024, in Alexandria, Va. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Virginia Vulnerable to Trump’s Proposed Cuts in Emergency Management and Disaster Relief

By Charles Paullin

Technicians monitor Hurricane Ian inside the National Response Coordination Center at the FEMA headquarters, on Sept. 28, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

NOAA Predicts Above-Average Hurricane Activity This Year

By Amy Green

Wildfire victims seek services at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center on Jan. 14 in Pasadena, Calif. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Hurricane Season Will Be Even Riskier for Undocumented People This Year

By Kiley Bense

A member of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue team searches the ruins of a home destroyed by the Eaton Fire on Jan. 11 in Altadena, Calif. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Acting Head of FEMA Ousted as Trump Seemingly Moves to Eliminate the Agency

By Lauren Dalban

Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force search a flood damaged area in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Oct. 4, 2024 in Asheville, N.C. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

With FEMA Under Fire, Congress Asks Whether Agency Is Ready for Hurricane Season

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A Federal Emergency Management Agency agent works with a search and recovery team to check charred buildings and cars in the aftermath of the Maui wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 18, 2023. Credit: Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images

Nearly Half of the Country’s Attorneys General Make Legal Effort to Restore FEMA Funds

By Arcelia Martin

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on Feb. 14. Trump was joined by (from left) EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Climate and Environmental Justice Programs Stalled by Trump Freeze, Despite Court Orders

By Marianne Lavelle, Dylan Baddour, Lisa Sorg, Nicholas Kusnetz

Residents dig out stranded and buried cars after record snowfall on Dec. 2, 2024 in Erie, Pa. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Mid-Atlantic States Prepare for More Billion-Dollar Disasters as Trump Considers Cutting Emergency Funding

By Kiley Bense

Residents of Swannanoa live in campers and tents as their homes remain destroyed or uninhabitable from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

Why Is ReBuild NC Involved in Disaster Management in Western North Carolina?

By Lisa Sorg

Wildfire victims seek services at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center on Jan. 14 in Pasadena, Calif. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Federal Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergency Management

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Damaged belongings are piled outside an apartment building on Oct. 5 after Hurricane Helene hit Treasure Island, Fla. Credit: Thomas Simonetti/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Senate Democrats Push to Ease Process for Disaster Housing Aid

By Marianne Lavelle

Heavy machinery clears a bridge covered in debris after Hurricane Helene on Sept. 28 in Lake Lure, N.C. Credit: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

Lawmakers Grill ReBuild NC’s Director Over Performance Lapses and Budget Shortfalls

By Lisa Sorg

Elena Gonzalez looks at their destroyed home after Hurricane Milton's landfall on Oct. 14 in Fort Myers, Fla. Credit: Eva Marie Uzcategui/The Washington Post via Getty Images

After Disasters, Whites Gain Wealth, While People of Color Lose, Research Shows

By Amy Green

People ride bicycles through storm debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton on Thursday in Englewood, Fla. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Florida Avoided the Worst of Milton’s Wrath, But Millions Are Suffering After the Second Hurricane in Two Weeks

By James Bruggers, Amy Green, Bob Berwyn, Dan Gearino, Kiley Bense

An aerial view of flood damage wrought by Hurricane Helene along the French Broad River on Oct. 3 in Marshall, N.C. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images via Grist

Fact-Checking the Viral Conspiracies in the Wake of Hurricane Helene

By Zoya Teirstein, Grist

Rapidan Dam is left damaged after days of historic flooding in Waterville, Minnesota on June 25. Credit: Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images

Midwest States Struggle to Fund Dam Safety Projects, Even as Federal Aid Hits Historic Highs

By Kristoffer Tigue

Cleanup efforts at the Isom IGA store in East Kentucky after the flooding of July 2022. Credit: Malcolm Wilson

The Rural Americans Too Poor for Federal Flood Protections

By Claire Carlson, The Daily Yonder and Elizabeth Miller, Climate Central

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