The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has billions of dollars in disaster funds, which are used to reimburse states ...

When Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans in 2005, Alex Fitch had to decide whether or not to return there. Fitch, then a ...

In a world gone haywire, how does the human spirit balance grief and hope? Jason Berry, writing from New Orleans, reflects on ...

Steve Gleason and his family were seen having fun in the snow outside their home. His wife and kids were seen on the Lakefront, buddled up and playing in thick snow. Gleason played for the Saints for ...

Most survivors won’t need help. But other community disasters created struggles for a significant number of people, often ...

Farmington couple is part of a volunteer group delivering shelter and supplies to those who lost everything after Hurricane ...

When smoke from area wildfires billowed over the hills near Ashley Livingston-Litwin's home in Los Angeles, she quickly ...

California's former top emergency management official, Mark Ghilarducci, has spent the last 40 years responding to major ...

Hoping to soon restore rail service along the Gulf Coast from New Orleans and Mobile after 20 years, the Federal Railroad ...

MOBILE, Ala. ( WALA) - A former University of Mobile student and Birmingham native lived through Hurricane Katrina as it pummeled the Gulf Coast. Now, she’s living through the Los Angeles wildfires.

Bread Food Pantry, made up of multiple local churches, has been serving groceries weekly to the under privileged community of Stone County. Cars line up every Tuesday and Thursday from 1pm to 4pm to ...

After disasters like the wildfires in Los Angeles happen, much of the rebuilding work is done by Latino immigrant workers, ...