Human-caused Hawk Fire hits 15,000 acres near Reno, forcing 42,000 to evacuate and 45,000 more on warning, as Nevada declares emergency.
Gary, Indiana, nears 12 days without power for 33,000 people as the state awaits word on a federal major disaster declaration.
Interior finalizes the largest Colorado River cuts on record, taking 1.25 million acre-feet yearly from Arizona, California, and Nevada as reservoirs hit historic lows.
68,000 northwest Indiana customers endure a 9th day without power after storms that killed 7, with full restoration in Gary not expected until Tuesday.
Senate confirms Cameron Hamilton to lead FEMA 15 months after he was fired for telling Congress the agency should not be eliminated.
Detectives say the suspect in Spokane’s Old Trails fire, which razed 700 homes, confessed to planning the blaze 2 weeks ahead around forecast winds.
Senators demand the CFTC crack down on prediction markets offering wildfire bets, warning they could incentivize arson as Spokane burns.
Spokane County arrests a convicted killer on arson charges for allegedly starting the Old Trails Fire, one of three burning into Spokane.
Wildfires burning into Spokane destroy more than 600 structures and force 60,000 evacuations, with all three fires at zero percent containment.
St. Petersburg opens hurricane recovery programs offering buyers up to $80,000 and purchasing flood-prone homes to permanently convert into open space.
Wildfires force Oregon to close 70 miles of I-84 with no alternate route as three fires near Huntington push go-now evacuation orders.
25 states sue DHS for withholding 20% of terrorism-preparedness grants until states adopt Trump’s preferred election rules, calling the $148 million condition unconstitutional.
Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada over wildfire smoke five months after the Supreme Court ruled he lacks unilateral tariff authority.
Canadian wildfire smoke drives hazardous air through Saturday for 120 million Americans from Minneapolis to the mid-Atlantic as nearly 900 fires burn.
Rangers evacuate up to 10,000 campers from Minnesota’s Boundary Waters as smoke from over 100 Canadian wildfires blankets the Midwest and Northeast.
The FEMA official who claimed he teleported to a Waffle House and that millions voted illegally in 2016 steps away from leading the agency’s disaster-response office as hurricane season begins.
Los Angeles declares a local emergency as a Boyle Heights cold-storage warehouse burns for a fourth day, blanketing the city in smoke from 85 million pounds of rotting food.
Trump’s FEMA nominee Hamilton, fired last year for opposing the agency’s elimination, tells senators it should shift disaster costs to states.
DHS empties the Everglades “Alligator Alcatraz” detention camp for hurricane season, citing a soft structure that opened mid-storm-season last July.
Orange County shrinks Garden Grove chemical tank evacuation from 50,000 to 16,000 as catastrophic explosion threat ends day 5 of GKN Aerospace crisis.
Nearly half of FEMA’s senior leadership positions sit vacant with 15 days until Atlantic hurricane season after 5,000 employees departed since January 2025.
Trump nominates Cameron Hamilton to lead FEMA before hurricane season, a year after firing him for opposing the agency’s elimination.
Bureau of Reclamation cuts Lake Powell releases 20% to protect reservoir, leaving Arizona, Nevada, California water deliveries uncertain.
Trump’s FEMA review council recommends shifting disaster recovery to states, privatizing flood insurance, and reducing federal housing aid.
FEMA reinstates 15 whistleblowers placed on leave for signing August “Katrina Declaration” protesting fired DHS Secretary Noem’s gutting of disaster agency.
Head of FEMA disaster response told to stop posting about his claim that he once teleported to a Waffle House, has been quietly sidelined from operations.
Trump denies Colorado wildfire and flood disaster funding for the first time in 35 years while pursuing multiple punitive actions against the state.
FEMA’s head of disaster response accuses Trump’s Truth Social of blocking his posts after he doubled down on claims he teleported to a Waffle House.
New DHS Secretary Mullin rescinds Noem’s rule requiring personal approval of all spending over $100,000, freeing $2.2 billion in stalled FEMA funds.
FEMA resumes $1 billion disaster mitigation program it canceled last year after a federal judge twice ordered the agency to restore funding won by 22 states.
FEMA’s disaster response chief Gregg Phillips, a far right conspiracy theorist, claims on multiple podcasts that he has been teleported against his will to a Waffle House.
Nebraska’s largest wildfires in state history burn more than 800,000 acres across four fires as Gov. Pillen seeks a federal disaster declaration and ranchers scramble to relocate livestock.
FEMA warns its national emergency functions are “significantly constrained” during shutdown days before State of the Union, with continuity staff furloughed and disaster work frozen.
Trump approves FEMA emergency disaster relief for Washington after a Potomac River sewage line collapse that the city estimates will cost $20 million to repair and remediate.
DHS halts FEMA disaster travel during shutdown despite Stafford Act funding, requiring headquarters approval for staff responding to 14 active disaster declarations from last month’s winter storms.
DC Mayor Bowser declares state of emergency over Potomac sewage spill and requests federal disaster declaration, after meeting with White House staff and EPA about the weeks-long ecological crisis.
DHS halts terminations of FEMA disaster workers as massive winter storm approaches, hours after staff were escorted out during Noem’s tour of headquarters.
FEMA says 50% workforce reduction figure was “included in error” in leaked internal plan, but officials confirm administration discussing major cuts for 2026.
DHS begins cutting FEMA disaster response staff on New Year’s Eve, terminating contracts within days as task force prepares recommendation to cut agency workforce in half.
Trump-appointed federal judge orders administration to restore $233 million in disaster funding after 12 attorneys general sued over cuts tied to immigration enforcement.
Levee fails near Seattle five days after county installed emergency flood protection, prompting evacuation warning for 46,000 residents as National Guard deploys.
FEMA releases $314 million in Hurricane Helene recovery funds to Georgia counties after Senator Warnock reported administration still owes state $600 million in promised aid.
Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore $3.6 billion in canceled FEMA disaster mitigation funding after 22 states sued, ruling Congress appropriated the money and “the government must follow the law.”
Trump taps election denier Gregg Phillips to lead FEMA disaster response, 3 years after he was jailed for refusing to produce evidence for voter fraud claims.
Trump denies Chicago disaster aid for two summer storms with damage assessments that historically mean approval, two weeks after saying Illinois officials “should be in jail.”
Acting FEMA chief David Richardson resigns after 7-month tenure overseeing removal of more than third of agency staff.
Trump administration refuses to use $5 billion in available funds to prevent Nov. 1 SNAP cutoff, saying money must be reserved for disasters as 1 in 8 Americans lose food aid.
Trump administration denied Western Maryland’s final FEMA appeal for May flash flood recovery despite $33.7 million in damages exceeding state threshold by nearly 3x.
Typhoon Halong destroyed 90% of homes in one Alaska village and displaced over 2,000 people who cannot return for at least 18 months, as Trump administration cuts to weather monitoring made forecasts less accurate.
EPA canceled $20 million Alaska flood protection grant five months before catastrophic flooding hit Kipnuk, where Lee Zeldin called it wasteful DEI grant despite community’s vulnerability.
