The Federal Emergency Management Agency will stop paying for non-emergency activities.

The federal government's main disaster relief fund is dwindling as the partial shutdown of DHS nears the end of its first full week.

The Trump administration has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to suspend the deployment of hundreds of aid workers to disaster-torn areas around the US while the Department of Homeland Security is shut down,

A government shutdown or funding lapse usually doesn’t impede ongoing disaster recovery efforts, current and former federal officials say.

Maryland officials say they are gathering the data needed to pursue federal disaster aid for the state’s struggling oyster industry, as watermen and Eastern Shore lawmakers press for relief under both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fishery disaster process and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and is warranted by the results of further assessments.

Agricultural operations in Arkansas have been significantly impacted by recent winter storms.

USDA is launching the next phase of its Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP), aimed at farmers who suffered losses from natural disasters in 2023 and 2024. This new round — Stage 2 — was unveiled on Monday and is expected to be significantly ...

Just miles from downtown Dallas, Sand Branch—an unincorporated community that lacks potable water and basic infrastructure—faces some of the region’s greatest risks when disaster strikes.

The new deadline for applications is April 3. It is the second extension of the deadline to allow more people to apply.