Halifax County has declared a state of emergency following severe flooding over the past 24 hours, which has led to road closures and a sinkhole.

CTAlert, the country’s first statewide emergency alert system, launched in 2009. State Emergency Management Director William Turner said only around 7% of the state population is subscribed.

Two days before deadly Central Texas floods killed at least 27 people at Camp Mystic, a state inspector certified that it had an emergency plan in place and that its cabins and other buildings ...

Hundreds of people lined a Florida Everglades highway Saturday to protest the construction of an immigrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as a steady stream of trucks carrying ...

Footage posted by the State Emergency Service showed firefighters battling a blaze and rushing residents down a dark stairwell in the 21-storey building.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called the agency “bloated,” yet as violence spiked in the Middle East, staff say they’ve been asked to work extra hours.

Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders are looking for clues about the money — and the future of FEMA itself.

Grand Island Mayor Roger Steele has declared a state of emergency following historic rainfall and overnight flash flooding that caused significant damage primarily in the northwest part of the city.

State police did not say where the checkpoint will take place. Motorists as well as members of the public are reminded by state troopers to drive sober and safely and conduct themselves ...

EPHRATA, Wash. -- The city of Ephrata is asking residents and businesses to conserve water because of a critical failure in one of the city's main water sources.

Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s aggressive push to support the federal government’s crackdown on illegal ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis is using emergency powers to seize an airfield in the Florida Everglades and make a proposed “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center a reality, administration ...