Tag: FEMA

Jennifer Bryant looks over the debris from her family business destroyed by Hurricane Harvey Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Katy, Texas. Harvey rolled over the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, smashing homes and businesses and lashing the shore with wind and rain so intense that drivers were forced off the road because they could not see in front of them. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

$10M redirected from FEMA funds to ICE less than a year after Hurricane Maria

Katelyn Caralle · September 12, 2018 2:34 am

President Donald Trump, right, and Vice President Mike Pence, left, listen during a briefing on Hurricane Florence in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018.

National Security

Katrina commander: ‘I would not bet any money’ that the feds are prepared for Hurricane Florence

Naomi Lim · September 11, 2018 10:09 pm

Carmen Yulin Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, speaks in Hartford, Conn.

San Juan mayor: ‘God help us all’ if Trump thinks response to Hurricane Maria was a success

Diana Stancy Correll · September 11, 2018 9:36 pm

A man walks from a gasoline tanker truck at a North Little Rock, Ark., fuel distribution terminal, Friday, June 29, 2012. Oil soared the most in more than three years, on Friday, after European leaders took surprisingly aggressive steps meant to halt a debt crisis that has undermined the regional economy.

Energy and Environment

Trump administration relaxes trucking rules to prevent fuel and electricity shortages in hurricane

John Siciliano · September 11, 2018 8:56 pm

President Trump tosses paper towels into a crowd as he hands out supplies at Calvary Chapel in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

Trump on federal response to Puerto Rico: ‘An incredible, unsung success’

Melissa Quinn · September 11, 2018 8:15 pm

President Donald Trump talks about Hurricane Florence following a briefing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018.

Trump says US ‘totally prepared’ as Hurricane Florence approaches East Coast

Gabby Morrongiello · September 11, 2018 8:02 pm

People look out over the ocean along Waikiki Beach in a light rain from Tropical Storm Lane, Saturday, in Honolulu.

‘Don’t let your guard down,’ federal officials tell Hawaii

Associated Press · August 25, 2018 6:09 pm

Austin Seawright, right, stacks sandbags in front of a closed store in preparation for Hurricane Lane.

Hurricane Lane has already dropped 30 inches of rain on Hawaii

Anna Giaritelli · August 24, 2018 10:10 pm

People who lost access to water in the wake of Hurricane Maria gather at pipes carrying water from a mountain creek, on the side of the road in Utuado, Puerto Rico.

Power finally restored to all energy customers in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria

Diana Stancy Correll · August 14, 2018 8:22 pm

A woman places one of the hundreds of shoes in memory of those killed by Hurricane Maria in front of the Puerto Rico Capitol, in San Juan.

Puerto Rico government reveals more than 1,400 were killed in Hurricane Maria

Diana Stancy Correll · August 9, 2018 2:19 pm

Department of Homeland Security personnel deliver supplies to Santa Ana community residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Guayama, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Even before the storm hit on Sept. 20, Puerto Rico was in dire condition thanks to a decade-long economic recession that had left its infrastructure in a sorry state.

FEMA vows changes after ‘deeply alarming’ sexual misconduct allegations against former top HR official

Anna Giaritelli · July 30, 2018 9:26 pm

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen speaks during a press conference with the Central American and Mexican foreign ministers in Guatemala City, Tuesday, July 10, 2018.

National Security

Kirstjen Nielsen: FEMA reports provide ‘a transformative roadmap’ for the future

Diana Stancy Correll · July 13, 2018 1:48 am