The lead US federal disaster agency is hoping to both inform and gather information through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, its ...
A day after an enthusiastic, almost-gushing crowd met President Barack Obama on his first visit to New Orleans since taking office, some in ...
President Barack Obama has declared a "major disaster" in American Samoa after a tsunami killed at least 22 people in the outlying US territory spurring the deployment of federal emergency teams. As the death toll in American Samoa and neighboring independent Samoa ...
The US Federal Emergency Management Agency said it is deploying two assistance teams to American Samoa in the wake of a tsunami that left at least 14 people dead. "Working closely with the US Coast Guard, FEMA is deploying an Incident Management ...
Former mayor in Mississippi pleads guilty, gets 3 years probation in Katrina fraud case A former Gulfport mayor was sentenced to probation Friday in a plea deal on charges that he defrauded a program to help Hurricane Katrina victims rebuild their homes, ...
A federal jury on Thursday rejected a New Orleans family's assertions that the government-issued trailer they lived in after Hurricane Katrina exposed them to dangerous fumes, in the first of several trials that could lead to hundreds of similar claims being resolved. ...
Environmentalists say flood insurance program ignores endangered species The Federal Emergency Management Agency is being sued again over accusations that it violated the Endangered Species Act by issuing flood insurance without determining whether development would impact imperiled plants and animals. WildEarth Guardians ...
1st trial over FEMA trailer fumes opens in La. federal court; lawyers cite different standards For the first time since Hurricane Katrina left tens of thousands of families living in FEMA trailers, a federal jury heard allegations Monday that the government-issued shelters ...
A year after Hurricane Ike, Southeast Texas trying to bounce back from devastation Anne Willis, a lifelong resident of Bolivar Peninsula, moved back to her hometown of Crystal Beach nearly three months after Hurricane Ike. The storm had shattered homes, leaving only ...
Gulf Coast recovery work is now earning high praise for the progress it is making Finally, four years after Hurricane Katrina devastated vast areas of the Gulf Coast, the federal government is getting praised by leaders in Louisiana and Mississippi who have ...
SAIC wins FEMA and Department of Homeland Security contract Science Applications International Corp. on Tuesday said it has won a contract to provide operations and maintenance support for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Department of Homeland Security. The contract, which has ...
A defense contractor said Tuesday it will start building portable shelters for natural disasters and war zones that quickly unfold like a Transformer toy. The shelters come with an onboard diesel generator to power heating, ventilation and air conditioning and unfold with ...
