NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials believed federal money would be key to the town's ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is changing the way it responds to natural disasters, it announced Friday, as the climate crisis fuels more extreme weather events and causes more ...

David Mourer and Rana Mourer pose for a photo in front of a sign reading "Alligator Alcatraz" outside the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Facility, July 12, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. Alexandra ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Cities in South Dakota and Iowa have used FEMA money in the past to buy flood-damaged homes in flood plains but the city of North Sioux City took a different route. Instead ...

Crisfield had been promised $36 million in FEMA funding for a flood mitigation project. FEMA terminated the BRIC program, citing it as "wasteful and ineffective," and rescinded the promised funds.

A lifelong resident of Louisiana, Wade Evans has learned a lot about floods, including this: the water doesn't care about your politics. The mayor of Central — a community of about 30,000 outside of ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed cutting nearly $1 billion in grant funding that communities and first responders nationwide use to better prepare ...

This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is making significant changes to how it will ...

FEMA cancels BRIC program, cutting $3.6 billion in grants. Mount Pleasant loses $4 million for vital infrastructure upgrades. Communities nationwide face setbacks in disaster prevention projects.

FEMA called the BRIC grants “wasteful” and “politicized” tools, but officials and residents say they were vital to protect lives, infrastructure, and economies. The textile mills that once served as ...