As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of ...

May, FEMA had 1,952 trained staffers ready to deploy to disasters; a year earlier, it had 6,588. Meanwhile, NOAA has lost about 20% of staff, including hundreds of National Weather Service employees.

Acting FEMA Administrator Richardson hosts a meeting with agency leadership in preparation for hurricane season, May 12, 2025, in Washington, DC.

The Trump administration is finally going to spend a decent chunk of Federal Emergency Management Agency funds—but it’s going ...

It just slows down the entire response and delays the recovery process from starting,” the previous FEMA chief said.

The Trump administration is weakening FEMA's ability to respond to disasters and refusing to provide federal funding for ...

Every year, millions of Americans rely on FEMA assistance after hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and other disasters. The ...

The 2025 hurricane season is off to a brisk start in the eastern Pacific with five named storms forming before the Atlantic has seen one - a pattern that has historically suggested that parts of ...

In fact, for some, off-season prices and the lack of crowds make hurricane season a particularly attractive time to travel. Here’s how best to prepare.

Erick — the fifth named storm of the 2025 Eastern Pacific hurricane season — made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in southern Mexico's Oaxaca on Thursday before later being downgraded to a ...