Yes. Though the NWS and NOAA will continue their life-saving essential work, many feeds and other public-facing services will be shuttered. The National Hurricane Center will continue to provide updates that protect life and safety, while other informational accounts will cease during the shutdown.

This potentially catastrophic weather event could happen anywhere in the country. Is it your biggest fear too?

Turmoil in Washington is distracting from efforts to fix a flood insurance gap and replenish a key disaster relief fund.

Each downpour brings a renewed threat to disaster-weary Ruidoso, New Mexico, which has been under 13 flash flood emergencies since June 2024. Rather than risk the destruction of their wildfire-scarred village with every flood,

As these trends ramp up, cities everywhere will also have to pay attention to systemic inequalities in vulnerability that often fall along lines of race, wealth and mobility. Urban heat island effects, energy insecurity and heightened flood risk are just a few of the issues intensified by climate change that tend to hit poor residents harder.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced Tuesday that $15.8 million in disaster supplemental funding is being

Gov. Gavin Newsom raises concern for disaster preparedness, response and recovery across the state as a result of the federal government shutdown. Video Above: How would a shutdown affect CA? California federal employees are facing furlough while disaster recovery programs are on pause,