As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of ...

Welch on Tuesday introduced a sweeping legislative proposal designed to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ...

Every year, millions of Americans rely on FEMA assistance after hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and other disasters. The ...

Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) on Wednesday unveiled the Disaster Assistance Improvement and ...

Senator Welch said cutting that red tape will give more power to the towns that need to act quickly following a severe ...

President Trump is not the first to downplay providing federal emergency relief. During the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, ...

The Rowena Fire, which has burned around 37,000 acres near The Dalles, is now 93% contained; no evacuations remain.