Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

We have all been there: you’re committed to picking up the kids, attending a ballgame or meeting with a teacher when disaster strikes and your role as emergency manager requires you to respond to the ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Local emergency managers, the behind-the-scenes coordinators ...

WASHINGTON — FEMA announced more than $420 million in federal funding through two grant programs aimed at strengthening ...

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Pete Gaynor also served as former acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. He currently serves as vice ...

A new analysis warns a proposed FEMA overhaul by a Trump-appointed panel would limit access to disaster aid for survivors, ...

BEMIDJI — Megan Hill considers herself lucky that she didn't sustain damage to her home north of Bemidji the morning of June 21, 2025. As such, she has taken an opportunity to help others ...

A disaster can be caused by natural or man-made reasons, resulting in environmental degradation, the destruction of public and private property, and the loss of precious lives. Natural disasters ...

For all the horror and destruction Bill Johnson has seen in his career, he pushes beyond the rubble in front of him to find the good, the hope. “Disasters are horrible,” the 61-year-old emergency ...