Politics & Policy
March 16, 2018
FEMA Planning Documents Omit Mention of Climate Change
It's the Trump administration's latest move to stop addressing—or even acknowledging—climate change at the federal level.
FEMA
Politics & Policy
November 28, 2017
The Deadline for Harvey Victims to Apply for FEMA Assistance Is Thursday
Here's how to tell if you're eligible.
Health
October 9, 2017
Displaced by the Storm: Texas Evacuees Without Options
The storm left hundreds of thousands of households without homes. Many are still looking.
Politics & Policy
March 24, 2015
FEMA’s Climate Change Carrot to Texas
A new federal disaster preparedness rule is threatening to withhold hazard mitigation money from Texas if state leaders do not embrace climate change as a factor in weather disasters.
Politics & Policy
July 15, 2013
Helping Hands Off
Why Republicans were wrong to be outraged when FEMA denied disaster aid to West.
Feature
January 20, 2013
Dome Away From Home
Inside the Eighth Wonder of the World—the largest shelter ever organized by the American Red Cross—faith, hope, and charity helped the survivors of Hurricane Katrina begin the process of rebuilding their lives.
Politics & Policy
January 23, 2009
Ike Idiocy (from FEMA, of course)
A few minutes ago, I received an e-mail circulated by Bill King, formerly mayor of Kemah and a member of the governor’s Hurricane Ike commission. For FEMAphobes out there, I thought the bureaucratic SNAFU he describes is typical of what a completely screwed-up agency that is. Joe Albaugh, Bush’s chief