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Winter Storm 2011: How to Survive the Historic Blizzard [VIDEOS]

A massive winter storm is barreling toward the Midwest, with near-record snowfall expected in Chicago. Winter weather advisories and blizzard warnings have been issued in many areas, and officials say the storm will bring ice, wind and cold temperatures along with the snow. Whether you're calling it a monster winter...

White House Adviser: US Must Prepare for Asteroid

(Oct. 25) -- If an asteroid were on a collision course with Earth, would we be ready to defend against its destructive impact or would we be helpless and defenseless? NASA, America's space agency, is being charged with leading the way to protect not only the U.S. but the entire world in the event of such a horrifying...

FEMA Urges East Coast to Prepare for Hurricane Earl

(Aug. 31) -- Evacuations may be necessary along the East Coast if Hurricane Earl comes too close to shore, federal officials said today. "We do not have a forecasted landfall, but we do expect impacts along the coast," Federal Emergency Management Agency head Craig Fugate told reporters, as winds from the approaching...

Nagin and Brown Now Agree: US Not Prepared for Another Katrina

(Aug. 27) -- Five years after Hurricane Katrina pummeled New Orleans, the city's former mayor, Ray Nagin, and ex-Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown finally agree on one thing: The country remains unprepared for another storm of such magnitude. "I don't see any major changes that we've done in this...

Poll: US No Better Prepared 5 Years After Katrina

(Aug. 26) -- Most Americans feel the country is no better prepared for natural disasters than it was in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and left more than 1,300 dead, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. "The results are telling," Carroll Doherty, associate...

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Reorganization Plan No.

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