On the Monday, July 13, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: FEMA has taken a lot of heat over the past year for its responses to natural disasters across the country. Is FEMA ready for this year's ...

FEMA administrator says they're ready for hurricane season: "It's in our DNA" 04:29 Washington — Inside FEMA Headquarters' National Response Coordination Center, as a hypothetical Category 2 hurricane ...

As hurricane season approaches, FEMA is trying to reassure Americans it is prepared — despite major staffing losses, funding problems, and growing criticism over federal disaster bureaucracy. At FEMA ...

Less than two months before the official start of hurricane season, the nation’s primary disaster-response agency faces an uncertain future. Employees working across the Federal Emergency Management ...

FEMA denied North Carolina’s request for extended disaster relief funding for the second time. States lack the resources to handle large-scale disasters alone, and the proposed FEMA budget cuts ...

FILE - A sign for the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pictured at FEMA headquarters, April 20, 2020, in Washington. (Al Drago/The New York Times via AP, Pool) (Al Drago, 30244975A) The internal ...

(CNN) — Hurricane preparations at Federal Emergency Management Agency have slowed to a crawl, and the disaster relief agency “is not ready” for the June 1 start to the season, according to an internal ...

Senior Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee in a letter on Thursday urged leaders of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to stabilize the disaster workforce before more storms are ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is “not ready” for hurricane season, which starts June 1, an internal document warns as President Trump eyes eliminating the department entirely.

(CNN) — Hurricane preparations at Federal Emergency Management Agency have slowed to a crawl, and the disaster relief agency “is not ready” for the June 1 start to the season, according to an internal ...