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The state’s emergency rules allow Gov. Ron DeSantis to suspend state laws and a competitive bidding process to award millions ...
The fires varied in size but have already forced several evacuations and pre-evacuation notices, closed a national park, and ...
In the wake of January's deadly wildfires, Los Angeles County leaders are weighing a disaster registry intended to help ...
The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to ...
The recent flash floods in central Texas impacted thousands of homes and laid bare the challenges facing local homeowners, ...
Uncertainty is hanging over this year’s hurricane season as meteorologists predict “above-normal” activity and the Trump ...
Trump’s assault on weather forecasting and disaster relief agencies — he has often suggested eliminating FEMA entirely — is only one of many examples that illustrate a stark and simple fact: In the ...
For the state emergency management staff leading the project ... according to state officials. Florida’s leaders pride themselves on the state’s disaster response capabilities, an expertise sharpened ...
Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders ...
"Private insurance for natural disasters is a really broken system, and it's in serious need of repair,” said Richard Giller, partner and chair of the insurance recovery and counseling group at ...
People who design, build and operate the infrastructure that 911 centers rely on described the state of America’s networks as ...
Nearly 150 new Florida laws went into effect on July 1 after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed 11 more the day before. Here is what each law means for you.