(NEW YORK) — The catastrophic flash floods in Texas have left communities reeling, claiming at least 90 lives and displacing families across the Hill Country. As recovery operations continue, safety ...

The city and the federal Small Business Administration will host a Disaster Loan Outreach Center for several weeks to help ...

Tensions ran high at Tuesday’s Houston City Council meeting as residents and city leaders sparred over how to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in federal disaster recovery funding. The city is ...

Volunteers work to clear downed trees, asphalt shingles and other debris downed by an EF-3 tornado four days earlier on St. Ferdinand Ave. in the Greater Ville neighborhood on May 20, 2025. It took ...

KERRVILLE, Texas — FEMA announced the opening of a new Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) to provide support to survivors and flood-affected families in Kerrville. Those who suffered damage or loss in the ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced Tuesday that $15.8 million in disaster supplemental funding is being distributed ...

Alaska’s Republican congressional delegation said they support the state’s appeal, and are urging FEMA and the Trump administration to fund the disaster relief effort.

President Biden has sent Congress an emergency funding request for roughly $100 billion to help with recovery after natural disasters, including the recent hurricanes Helene and Milton in the ...

Editor's Note: This story will be continuously updated. With thousands of people without power since Hurricane Helene landed in South Carolina on Sept. 27, many in the Upstate seek help with ...

LOS ANGELES - A little more than a month after the Palisades fire, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that the city had selected a private consulting firm to oversee critical aspects of the ...

MOST IMPACTED BY APRIL’S SEVERE WEATHER. THIS INCLUDES HARDIN COUNTY, WHERE RESIDENTS ARE NOT ONLY DEALING WITH CLEANUP, BUT ALSO CONTINUED FLOODING. WLKY’S MADISON ELLIOTT HEADED THERE TODAY TO GET A ...

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