Can Trump’s New FEMA Pick Save the Beleaguered Disaster Agency? May 13, 2026 By Zahra Hirji and Lauren Rosenthal President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote a memo last spring laying out how to...
FEMA Council Backs Overhaul of Disaster Response May 8, 2026 By Zahra Hirji and Lauren Rosenthal President Donald Trump’s task force for reforming the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday recommended sweeping changes to how the...
Wheat Crops Wither, Herds Thin as Spring Drought Deepens May 5, 2026 By Lauren Rosenthal, Erin Ailworth and Ilena Peng Farmers across the Great Plains are confronting an intense drought that threatens winter wheat harvests and is pushing cattle producers...
Texas Hill Country on Alert for Flooding as Heavy Rains Approach May 1, 2026 By Lauren Rosenthal A band of severe storms bearing down on central Texas has raised concerns about flooding, with heavy rains expected near...
Wildfires Race Across US as Drought Spans Half the Nation April 10, 2026 By Lauren Rosenthal An unusually hot, snowless winter has fueled a fast start to the spring fire season across large swaths of the...
FEMA to Offer $1 Billion for Disaster Resilience After Lawsuit March 26, 2026 By Zahra Hirji and Lauren Rosenthal The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday it will fund up to $1 billion in disaster-resilient infrastructure under a grant...
Planet-Warming El Niño to Form by September, US Forecasters Say March 13, 2026 By Lauren Rosenthal US forecasters say an El Niño is favored to emerge in the Pacific Ocean by September, threatening to drive global...
3 Big Questions Facing FEMA With Kristi Noem Out March 9, 2026 By Zahra Hirji and Lauren Rosenthal President Donald Trump ousted Kristi Noem as head of the Department of Homeland Security, a move that will also have...
Deep Freeze and Drought Fueled a Massive Florida Wildfire March 2, 2026 By Lauren Rosenthal Firefighters in southwest Florida on Friday continued battling an expansive blaze on a federal nature preserve as an unusually intense...
AI Lost Out to Traditional Models in Forecasting NYC’s Blizzard February 25, 2026 By Lauren Rosenthal Two days before New York’s biggest snowstorm in a decade began, forecasters were still unsure how much snow would fall....