In the rolling hills of Lake County, Calif., residents in Kelseyville are getting home makeovers. The improvements aren't eye-catching: new gutters on the roof, gravel around the exterior walls and ...

Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.) aims to introduce legislation this fall that would establish an agency to investigate deadly weather events. Eric Sorensen has felt for years that the country could better ...

This hurricane season marks 20 years since Katrina made landfall—its devastation stretching far beyond the flooded streets of New Orleans. It was a disaster that permanently changed communities, ...

EXCLUSIVE: The partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security could have a critical impact on local disaster response without assistance from the Federal Emergency Management ...

As storm season begins in Oklahoma, the Salvation Army in Oklahoma City is training volunteers and seeking more community members to join their disaster response efforts. >> Download the KOCO 5 app | ...

FEMA rejected requests for federal assistance, twice, after devastating floods in western Maryland, part of a larger pattern of making communities pay for their own disaster recovery. FEMA rejected ...