As communities across the United States are still recovering from hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisors are warning staff to prepare for the dismissal of ...

Abu Dhabi, UAE: The Abu Dhabi Emergencies, Crises and Disasters Management Team convened an expanded meeting, chaired by His Excellency Major General Ahmed Saif bin Zaitoon Al Muhairi, ...

As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams and ...

It's a news cycle as old as the weather. A terrible natural disaster results in the loss of life and property. The chattering classes immediately begin to heap blame on their political enemies for ...

While extreme weather events are becoming more intense, the recent Eastern Cape flooding escalated into a disaster because of failures in governance and implementation, not just the rainfall itself, ...

The UAE Office for the Coordination of Foreign Aid (OCFA) today opened a training workshop on disaster management for UAE-based humanitarian aid workers, building on its mandate to enhance the ...

As foreign funding decreases, Nepal may have the opportunity to redefine its development priorities and focus on its own needs rather than the agendas of foreign donors. Disaster preparedness in Nepal ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Civil Defense is pushing to amend the law creating the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) to improve the country’s disaster risk ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump traveled to Asheville, North Carolina last week and visited communities in the western part of the state impacted by Hurricane Helene last year. During his visit, Trump ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. The Federal responses to Hurricane Helene and other recent disasters demonstrate the need to drastically improve the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (“FEMA’s) ...