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President Trump and the first lady visited central Texas on Friday, surveying the catastrophic damage and offering comfort to ...

As towns were submerged in rising waters, FEMA officials realized they couldn’t pre-position Urban Search and Rescue crews.

President Trump has not talked about eliminating FEMA as the emergency response agency helps with recovery efforts from the ...

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a man Tuesday after he became trapped in a swampy marsh south of Olympia. The ...

Two people were found dead after a 27-foot boat that had gone missing on Long Island Sound crashed into a breakwall in New ...

The mission proved to be much more arduous than expected for her and her small crew of four, all of whom are first tour ...

Kolkata: Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued two foreign nationals — an American and a Turkish crew member — from a US sailing ...

Stories of heroism and sacrifice as the 106th Rescue Wing of the New York Air National Guard celebrates 50 years in ...

Search and rescue operations remain underway in Central Texas following the devastating floods over the Fourth of July ...

The U.S. Coast Guard released footage of a helicopter rescuing a man who was trapped in a swampy marsh near Offutt Lake in Thurston County for more than six hours.

A rescue operation is underway after a truck fell off the Delaware Memorial Bridge and into the river on Friday, July 11. The ...