The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, coordinates major rescue operations that would overwhelm local officials after significant catastrophes like hurricanes and floods that strike the United States.
It was the second time in two weeks that a strong hurricane had struck the Southeast, and Hurricane Milton left behind widespread destruction as it made landfall in Florida on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm.
After Hurricane Otis slammed ashore, people in the Mexican resort town of Acapulco are making a last-ditch effort for basic necessities. While residents scramble for water, fuel, and food in order to survive, the storm’s strength surprised forecasters.
The staggering damage and death toll from Hurricane Ian, which is wreaking havoc in Florida, reveal just how devastating it was. Residents of Lee County, which was severely damaged by the hurricane, describe its horrors
One week after the devastation caused by Hurricane Eta in the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, hundreds of families are struggling to get back on their feet
What is a hurricane and where does it come from? Here are the answers
The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season is officially underway, yet many people haven’t recovered from some of last year’s storms. Meantime, tornados have torn up swaths of several U.S. states in the past few weeks, and floodwaters have wreaked even more damage