Tag: Hurricanes

FEMA Administrator Brock Long hit out at criticism of the administration's handling of the crisis in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FEMA administrator defends Trump remarks on Puerto Rico: WATCH

Kelly Cohen · September 16, 2018 4:16 pm

Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long testifies before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, during a hearing on the federal response to the 2017 hurricane season. Long said the challenge presented by hurricanes Irma, Harvey and Maria is unprecedented in the history of his agency.

National Security

FEMA chief: DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has never asked me to resign

Naomi Lim · September 16, 2018 4:00 pm

U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral Karl Schultz speaks during a news conference where the Coast Guard announced that more than 26 tons of cocaine worth at least $715 million had been seized by the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The cocaine was brought ashore Thursday following multiple recent seizures by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy in the eastern Pacific.

National Security

Coast Guard commandant: Trump administration was ‘committed’ to Puerto Rico

Kelly Cohen · September 16, 2018 3:23 pm

The rain continued in southeastern North Carolina, Sunday, in Rocky Point, N.C. as customers waiting in line at the local grocery store get pelted during a deluge from Tropical Storm Florence.

More rain yet to come as Florence moves into US

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · September 16, 2018 3:47 am

President Trump speaks during a rally at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, W.Va.

Trump tweets praise from FEMA head

Katelyn Caralle · September 15, 2018 9:49 pm

A National Guard vehicle drives past a Waffle House as Hurricane Florence slowly moves across the East Coast Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, in Florence, S.C.

Florence shutters 17 Waffle House restaurants

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · September 15, 2018 7:49 pm

A gas station in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., alerts motorists that it is out of gas due to the heavy demand caused by Hurricane Florence, Sept. 11, 2018.

Energy and Environment

Top oil industry executive and Trump donor predicts Hurricane Florence won’t affect fuel prices

John Siciliano · September 15, 2018 4:47 pm

A resident cleans up pieces from a tree that was toppled by strong winds from Typhoon Mangkhut as it barreled across Tuguegarao city in Cagayan province, northeastern Philippines on Saturday.

As Florence floods the Carolinas, typhoon kills 12 in Philippines

Associated Press · September 15, 2018 4:35 pm

A man crosses a flooded street in downtown Wilmington, N.C., after Hurricane Florence made landfall Friday.

Florence continues to disrupt the Carolinas, will slow down as it travels inland

Katelyn Caralle · September 15, 2018 2:24 pm

A fallen tree is shown after it crashed through the home where a woman and her baby were killed in Wilmington, N.C.

First deaths linked to Hurricane Florence reported in North Carolina

Caitlin Yilek · September 15, 2018 3:29 am

President Donald Trump, left, listens as FEMA Administrator Brock Long, center, talks about Hurricane Florence in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, as Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen listens at right.

White House weighed replacing FEMA head as Hurricane Florence loomed: Report

Caitlin Yilek · September 15, 2018 2:35 am

Flooding caused by Hurricane Florence covers blocks of Front Street in downtown New Bern, N.C., Friday, Sept. 14, 2018.

Trump to visit areas affected by Hurricane Florence next week

Gabby Morrongiello · September 14, 2018 8:34 pm