Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock The next serious hurricane could test the ability of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to respond in ...

Local emergency managers shocked by Kevin Guthrie's abrupt departure at the peak of hurricane season.

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The next serious hurricane could test the ability of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to respond in Southwest Florida. A federal watchdog says major staffing losses may leave the agency less ...

There has been a rise in numbers of homeless senior citizens across Southwest Florida. Housing costs are largely to blame.

2026 Atlantic hurricane season has zero hurricanes as of September 1, placing it 10 days from the satellite-era record for the latest first hurricane. El Nino has driven accumulated cyclone energy 90% ...

Resilient Florida was created to provide funding to help communities prepare for more frequent and severe flooding, but not ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — One week after evacuating from the wildfires that devastated parts of this eastern Washington city, Mareesha Backman handed over her youngest son to a stranger and took her first deep ...

Toni Fisher, 61, was given six months in prison by a federal court judge in Grand Rapids on Monday after a jury found the ...

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. — Herb Jasper is spending his retired life by the water in Englewood. “Hurricanes scare me some, but it’s trying to get help to get everything back together. That frustrates me,” he ...

WASHINGTON — FEMA staff broke the law when they skipped over 11 hurricane-hit Florida homes with signs supporting President Trump in 2024, a federal watchdog found in a report released Tuesday. The ...

A government watchdog found that a FEMA crew illegally skipped 11 homes with Trump signs in Florida after Hurricane Milton. The action violated the Hatch Act, which limits political activity by ...