It was a meeting of the minds as more than two dozen health and academic officials sat down to discuss what would happen if Rowan County were hit with a pandemic flu.

A U.S. Senate panel has agreed to make the Federal Emergency Management Agency the lead coordinator of first aid, food, and shelter during disasters, replacing the American Red Cross, reports The Washington Post.

BRUNSWICK — As Federal Emergency Management Agency representatives visit storm-ravaged areas of Cumberland and York counties to determine whether the damage qualifies for various forms of federal disaster relief, local public works and fire departments will spend yet another long day clearing downed trees and repairing roads damaged by torrential rains.

WASHINGTON - Acting Gov. Richard Codey hasn’t asked FEMA to declare New Jersey a federal disaster area, an agency spokeswoman said today.

Acting Gov. Codey hasn't asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to declare New Jersey a federal disaster area, an agency spokeswoman said today. Unless he does that, the Federal Emergency Management Agency can't decide on the matter, said Barbara Lynch, spokeswoman at the New York office, responsible for the Garden State. Federal law says the disaster request must come specifically from a ...

WASHINGTON — Acting Gov. Richard Codey hasn’t asked FEMA to declare New Jer-sey a federal disaster area, an agency spokeswoman said today.

CONCORD, N.H. -- Gov. John Lynch has asked President George W. Bush to declare New Hampshire a federal disaster area. Flooding this week has caused major damage in many towns, and more than 10,000 customers were still without power Wednesday.

Federal officials have approved more than $17.7 million in payouts in connection with tornadoes that hit Florida last winter. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it also approved an additi

SEATTLE - Emergency management directors at Washington universities say the Virginia Tech massacre is one more reminder that they must improve the way they communicate with students, faculty and staff during a crisis.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency began surveying storm damage and flood-ravaged regions in the state Tuesday, in response to Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s request that it declare a major disaster in Connecticut.