NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. entry into Israel’s war with Iran has caused travel disruptions to pile up globally.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Donald Trump's plan to begin “phasing out” the federal agency that responds to disasters after the 2025 hurricane s…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers on Wednesday approved hundreds of millions of dollars of financial aid to try to persuade the Ka…
Rescue workers transport a person in a body bag during a rescue operation after floods swept through the area, in Mthatha, South Africa, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Hoseya Jubase)
Matt McCool, Special Agent in Charge with the U.S. Secret Service Washington Field Office, speaks during a Public safety briefing on preparations for a festival and parade to commemorate the 250th Birthday of the U.S. Army, with at far left,Phillip Bates, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office Mission Services Division, and Jessica Taylor, Chief of the U.S. Park Police, and at right Clint Osborn, Director of the DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, and Pamela Smith, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, Monday, June 9, 2025, at the DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency Emergency Operations Center, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
As hurricane season begins, experts in storms and disasters are worried about massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to the storms. Experts are alarmed over the large-scale staff reductions, travel and training restrictions and grant cut-offs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30 and is predicted to busier than average this year. Representatives of both NOAA and FEMA say the agencies are prepared.
An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China has killed at least five people and injured 19. That's according to local emergency management authorities reported. Authorities say six people are missing following Tuesday's explosion at the Gaomi Youdao Chemical Co. in the city of Weifang. It manufactures pesticides as well as chemicals for medical use. It is not immediately clear what caused the explosion. The blast knocked out windows at a storage warehouse more than two miles away. A student at a nearby school told state media he saw saw dirt-yellow smoke, tainted with redness, rising from the plant.