The mayor's office said Commissioner Sarah Russell’s directive to activate the outdoor warning siren during a call to the fire department was "ambiguous." ...

PITTSBURG COUNTY, Okla. — After Monday night’s tornadoes, hundreds of people are still without power and water in Pittsburg ...

Authorities in Oklahoma shared a video Tuesday of a dramatic lightning strike of a police car.The strike occurred o ...

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Gov. Tim Walz declared a peacetime emergency as firefighters continue to battle three wildfires in northern Minnesota.

The Lebanese and Palestinian presidents have agreed that Palestinian factions won't use Lebanon as a launchpad for any ...

Two giants of the women’s rights movement, Gloria Steinem and Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee, have teamed up for a picture book ...

Chaos, cutbacks and inexperience at FEMA are amplifying the risk of another tragically flawed response to a natural disaster ...

On Wednesday at 3:57 a.m. the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning in effect until 4:30 a.m. for Bullock and ...

"Jackson County has not had a full-time emergency management director since 2021. Right now, Jackson County Executive Frank White's chief of staff is the interim director. A county spokesperson told ...

A top-ranking official told the new FEMA Review Council that tasks take longer and divert from disaster response.