The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) can help with serious needs, displacement, temporary lodging, basic home repair costs, personal property loss or other disaster-caused needs. Here's how ...

The average FEMA disaster assistance grant was $3,000 between 2016 and 2022. People with National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies were paid an average claim amount of more than $66,000 during ...

Even as Florida braces for another major hurricane, new estimates reveal Hurricane Helene caused up to $47.5 billion in ...

A Boone couple’s home is one of thousands destroyed by a landslide caused by Hurricane Helene. Just days after the storm hit, ...

The chief targets of his hurricane-related dishonesty have been Vice President Kamala Harris, his opponent in the November ...

Chimney Rock volunteer firefighter John Payne saw what he estimated was a 30-foot-high wall of water, tossing car-sized boulders as it raced toward the town.

Very few homeowners have flood insurance, and the National Flood Insurance Program is $20 billion in debt. As disasters ...

Stoicism is not uncommon for residents in these Blue Ridge Mountains. They come from a legacy of self-reliant people, ...

Just one inch of floodwater can cause up to $25,000 in damage, according to FEMA. Without flood insurance, what can ...

Over a week after Hurricane Helene overwhelmed the Southeastern U.S., homeowners hit the hardest are grappling with how they ...

Residents in North Carolina's Watauga County are focused on survival rather than politics after Hurricane Helene ravaged much ...

Storm survivors in North Carolina are struggling without flood insurance. People who lived in the hills and mountains where ...