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Publicly, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said the Federal Emergency Management Agency needs to be reoriented or even done away with altogether. “We are eliminating FEMA,” Noem said at a televised meeting of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet in March. But with hurricane season about to start, Noem has been quietly pushing behind the scenes…
Residents inspect their home after a tornado completely tore off the back wall of a two-story house in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., on May 16, 2025. Lawrence Bryant | Reuters At least 16 people were killed when severe weather, including possible tornadoes, swept through parts of Missouri and Kentucky from Friday into Saturday morning, authorities…
Under blue skies, where low-rolling hills rise south of the Canadian border in the tiny town of Adams, N.D., a couple braves the stench of old honey, wax, smoke and bee muck. Nancy and Keith Budke, married 43 years, are migratory beekeepers. They produce honey with the taste of canola nectar, sweet clover and other…
POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI – APRIL 06: In an aerial view, floodwaters surround buildings and cover roadways on April 06, 2025 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Thunderstorms, heavy rains, high winds, and tornadoes have plagued the regions for several days, causing widespread damage. Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Heavy rain will drench the…
Pendleton County Search and Rescue take county electricians on a boat to turn off an electrical box in a flooded park on April 5, 2025 in Falmouth, Kentucky. Michael Swensen | Getty Images A week of powerful storms that swept through the South and Midwest, killing at least nine people, is still wreaking significant havoc in…
A deadly multiday storm system that has unleashed tornadoes and heavy rainfall will continue to batter the Midwest and the mid-South on Friday, in what forecasters describe as a “catastrophic and potentially historic flash flood event.” The storm system has already wreaked havoc across multiple states, spawning devastating tornadoes in Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri that…
Parts of the Southeast were experiencing potentially life-threatening flash floods Saturday as a severe weather system made its way across the country, also posing a risk of significant snow for the Upper Midwest and New England. The NWS warned early Saturday that severe flash flooding is likely in the Ohio and Tennessee valleys, particularly in parts of Kentucky and…
In Hanoi and other Vietnamese cities at this time of year, potted kumquat trees fastened to motorbike seats dodge and weave through traffic in a haze of orange. Families buy them as symbols of luck and good fortune for the new Lunar New Year, which started on Wednesday. This year a typhoon and extreme heat…
Inmate firefighters walk into uncontrolled fire to cut a fire line using only hand tools and chain saws at the Hughes Fire on January 22, 2025 in Castaic, California. David Mcnew | Getty Images LOS ANGELES — Firefighters gained more ground Thursday on a fast-moving brush fire that erupted north of Los Angeles on Wednesday and within hours…
A motorist clears snow off his vehicle parked along First Avenue as a winter storm sweeps over the intermountain West, plunging temperatures into the single digits and bringing along a light snow in its wake Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Denver. David Zalubowski | AP Over 175 million people across the country are under some…