Up Call Hurricane Katrina, which struck in August 2005, remains one of the most devastating storms in US history. It caused ...
Rather than dismantling FEMA, we need to reimagine it as an elite federal agency capable of managing the increasingly complex and severe disasters of a polycrisis age.
President Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order establishing a review council for the Federal Emergency Management ...
FEMA was absorbed by DHS in 2003, prompting criticism that its highly bureaucratic nature rendered the agency ineffective in addressing natural disasters.
Shortly after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September, news began to spread that conditions on the island were catastrophic. Most people had no power and limited or no access to fresh ...
Yet, as the story of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria shows, more action is needed ... a community needs in the middle of an emergency response [requires] a lot of coordination beforehand ...