“States don’t have that capability built to handle a disaster every single year,” Lynn Budd, director of the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security, told Stateline in an interview. Access to FEMA avoids ...

FEMA pools national resources to help states quickly manage disasters. Without that federal support, each state would be left ...

Attorney General Mayes leads a coalition of 23 attorneys general in legal action against the Trump administration's ...

“This issue provides another example of how reckless and dangerous the Trump administration’s funding freeze is. The administration has frozen funds that are critical to responding to disasters,” said ...

Geologists say Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano shot lava as high as 1,000 feet into the air during its most recent eruptive episode.

Maui Fire estimates the damage to the garage and home at $130,000. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.