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National

When disaster strikes, these good boys and girls are your rescue crew

FEMA has 280 certified detection dogs trained to find people in disasters, and it has another 80 that look for human remains. And they are the goodest boys and girls.
Erika Ryan

Scott Detrow
Environment

NAACP signs agreement with FEMA to advance equity in disaster resilience

As part of the collaborative effort, the NAACP's Emergency Management Task Force will regularly meet with FEMA to advance its progress on equity within disaster preparedness.
Jonathan Franklin
Politics

The White House wants $44 billion in emergency funding. Here's what that covers

The White House has asked Congress for emergency funding for Ukraine, disaster recovery, and the border. The package would be tied to a broader deal to keep the government running.
Tamara Keith
Politics

After recent disasters, the White House says FEMA needs more money

The Federal Emergency Management Agency needs $16 billion in emergency funding, the White House says. That's up $4 billion from a request it made last month, due to recent disasters.
Tamara Keith
Climate

Climate change is causing people to move. They usually stay local, study finds

Researchers looked at thousands of homeowners who moved out of flood-prone homes. Most stayed within a 20-minute drive, and their new homes were safer from flooding.
Rebecca Hersher
Government

Barriers prevent rural communities from accessing climate funds

Federal grants to help communities prepare for the effects of climate change are a major portion of the 2021 infrastructure law, but requirements like a "local match" can be a big barrier to rural jurisdictions accessing those funds.
Libby Denkmann

Hans Anderson

Sarah Leibovitz
Coastal Washington tribe creates higher ground by building tsunami tower, first of its type here

There is a new option to escape a tsunami if you’re on the southwest coast of Washington when the Big One strikes. The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe on Friday dedicated a 50-foot tall evacuation tower in Tokeland, Washington. Tribal leaders and the Federal Emergency Management Agency said the new tsunami refuge platform should be an example and inspiration for other vulnerable coastal communities.
Tom Banse
Rehearsing for ‘The Big One’ on a room-sized chess board

Close to 200 federal, state and tribal emergency preparedness planners gathered around a giant map of the Pacific Northwest this week to rehearse and critique the federal response plan for "The Big One." The three-day Cascadia earthquake discussion exercise partially replaced a much bigger planned dress rehearsal that was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Tom Banse
National

Your Radio, TV And Cellphone May Start Blaring Today. Do Not Be Alarmed

At 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, the federal government will be testing two emergency alert systems on televisions, radios and certain cell phones across the country.
Joe Hernandez
Science

Inspector General Slams FEMA Over Repeatedly Flooded Homes

These homeowners are eligible for federal help, but a new report finds that FEMA often fails to provide that assistance.
Rebecca Hersher

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