Uncertainty is hanging over this year’s hurricane season as meteorologists predict “above-normal” activity and the Trump administration sends shifting signals over the future of the federal government’s role in natural disaster response. Despite talk of eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in its current form, the administration says it remains “laser focused on disaster […]
Current and former staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency demonstrated against workforce and program cuts during a “FEMA Solidarity Rally” on Friday, a potentially risky act of protest because some of the same staffers were placed on leave after signing a public dissent letter in August. Several dozen people…
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Neary a year after Hurricane Helene left a path of devastation across western North Carolina, the state's top fire official said the Federal Emergency Management Agency needs to step up before the next disaster hits. North Carolina State Fire Marshal Brian Taylor, who is also the…
(WHTM) — A Pennsylvania woman pleaded guilty to defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of more than $1.5 million in Hurricane Ida benefits. United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Jasmine Williams, 34, of Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Monday to mail fraud, wire fraud, and fraud relating…