On Wednesday, FEMA issued a Letter of Final Determination that launches a six-month compliance period and sets the updated ...

FEMA says billions in federal funds are helping Floridians rebuild their homes and lives after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, with housing support and insurance payouts driving much of the ongoing ...

Making and maintaining an accurate flood map is neither simple nor inexpensive. Even after an investment of more than $1 billion to take flood maps into the digital world, only 21 percent of the ...

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) has come under fire on Capitol Hill after a grand jury indicted her for allegedly stealing Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds to bankroll her ...

Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick misused $5 million in Covid-related funds during the pandemic in part to finance her campaign, according to the Justice Department. By Hannah Ziegler A ...

South Florida Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is facing federal charges for allegedly stealing $5 million worth of federal disaster funds, laundering the proceeds and then using the money for ...

Nicole Sganga is CBS News' homeland security and justice correspondent. She is based in Washington, D.C., and reports for all shows and platforms. Washington — David Richardson, the acting head of the ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) acting director, David Richardson, resigned Monday, according to multiple reports citing people familiar with the matter. Richardson, who was first ...

When the rain comes in South Florida, the frantic flooding complaints quickly follow to mayors, commissioners, public works departments, just about whoever will listen. Like this: “How is it possible ...

After years of back and forth, new flood maps with major implications for property owners’ land values, insurance rates and building costs along a watershed stretching from Santa Rosa to Rohnert Park ...