A New York Times report found thousands of calls to FEMA went unanswered after the Department of Homeland Security laid off ...

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is under fire amid reports of a botched disaster response effort in Texas, one that the editorial board of the state’s biggest newspaper is comparing to ...

More than 80% of survivor calls went unanswered after DHS Secretary Kristi Noem abruptly cut FEMA’s contractor workforce—days after deadly flooding devastated Texas.

Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott participated in the first meeting of a new ...

A 911 outage is a disruption in emergency call services where individuals are unable to reach dispatchers by dialing 9-1-1.

Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem denied that Texas flood victims could not contact FEMA's call centers in the days following the disaster.

The Guadalupe River flood was predictable and preventable. Geography, climate change, population growth and federal cuts all ...

The Texas Hill Country disaster is not merely about one storm, one agency, or one administration. It is part of a broader, ...

Texas Governor Abbott warns of more heavy rain as lawmakers launch probe into flood preparedness and emergency response ...

Recent reporting from the New York Times has revealed that thousands of calls went unanswered after devastating floods in Texas, allegedly due to FEMA not renewing contracts to ...

The DHS head has been accused of being unprepared to handle the natural disaster, which killed 129 people and left 160 ...

When an emergency happens in Collier County, Florida, the 911 calls go to one of the most high-tech communications centers in the U.S., ...