Imagine a world in which a hurricane devastates the Gulf Coast, and the U.S. has no federal agency prepared to quickly send supplies, financial aid and temporary housing assistance. Could the states ...

North Carolina resident Mona Roper said she supports the Trump administration's plan to eliminate FEMA, calling DHS Secretary ...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other Trump administration officials expressed support in meetings ...

Hurricane Helene survivor Mona Roper is calling for FEMA to be eliminated six months after the storm brought landslides and historic flooding to the Appalachian communities of western North Carolina.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has frozen nearly $10 billion in disaster aid for nonprofits including hospitals as it seeks to identify funding that could be used to help undocumented ...

Editor's note: The Asheville Citizen Times is answering your Helene-related questions — and any other burning questions — in our newly launched "Asheville Answers" column on Sundays.