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President-elect Joe Biden is nominating New York emergency department commissioner Deanne Criswell to serve as the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator

U.S. experts have calculated the riskiest and safest counties in the country for disasters, and Los Angeles is on the shakiest ground

Advocates for nursing homes are calling on the federal government to investigate its own program to distribute critically needed personal protective equipment to facilities across the country. They say shipments have fallen short of what was promised during a White House press briefing at the end of April. Some local nursing homes got shipments of supplies from the federal government…

Administrators at a Colorado nursing home hard hit by COVID-19 say shipments of personal protective equipment needed to protect their staff were seized and redirected by the federal government. They are still waiting for an explanation.

More than two dozen Federal Emergency Management Agency employees, including at least one who worked in the agency’s main response center, have tested positive for the coronavirus, sources told NBC News on Tuesday. People are “dropping like flies” — in terms of being temporarily sidelined by COVI-19, the disease associated with the coronavirus — said a person familiar with the response...

Federal Emergency Management Agency officials told members of Congress earlier this week that the projected demand for ventilators required for coronavirus-stricken patients “outstrips the capacity” of the Strategic National Stockpile, the House Oversight Committee said Thursday.

Apple has developed a new website and app that will provide a screening tool for COVID-19 symptoms as well as up-to-date information from trusted sources about the coronavirus outbreak. The software announced Friday was developed in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control, the White House-led coronavirus task force and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.  The COVID-19 app is available on Apple’s App Store. There’s also...

A top official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced his resignation Monday, four months after a background investigation derailed his nomination to lead the agency. In a resignation letter obtained by NBC News, the official, Jeffrey Byard, said that he “had the privilege of leading the finest workforce during the most impactful natural disaster period in our nation’s...

Two former officials of a Florida city are charged with conspiring with two businesses to bilk the federal government out of $5 million in Hurricane Michael cleanup money, the U.S. attorney’s office announced Tuesday.

Nearly 1,700 Puerto Rican hurricane evacuee families living in hotels across the U.S. can stay there through at least July 23.

FEMA is hiring Floridians with experience in numerous fields, such as civil engineering and cost analysis, to assist in Hurricane Irma recovery efforts.

If you live in one of the disaster-designated counties in Florida, and you experienced property damage or loss caused by Hurricane Irma, you may be eligible for federal assistance.

Police are investigating a string of home break-ins in Hialeah including one that targeted an elderly couple.

Sunday will be very much like Saturday with a mix of clouds and sun.