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How Long Can the U.S. Escape an Atlantic Hurricane?

David A. Graham

September 14, 2026

US military helicopters fly above flooded street after Hurricane Milton, in Siesta Key, Florida, on October 10, 2024.

How to Fix DHS

Paul Rosenzweig

March 22, 2026

DHS emblem, broken into pieces

Goodbye, FEMA. Hello, Disaster Consultants.

September 3, 2025

Disaster responders

Trump’s Unforgivable Sin

Peter Wehner and Robert P. Beschel Jr.

August 10, 2025

Picture of Trump’s face

The Atlantic Daily

Disaster at FEMA

David A. Graham

July 15, 2025

A volunteer looks out over the Guadalupe River while helping clean a resident's home in Hunt, Texas.

The Trump Administration Is Violating the First Rule of Disasters

July 15, 2025

american flag by the river in Kerr County

Last Call at the Disaster Department

June 11, 2025

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FEMA Is Not Prepared

David A. Graham

June 3, 2025

The letters FEMA in a swirl that looks like a hurricane

Trump Is Threatening California in the Wrong Way

Juliette Kayyem

February 1, 2025

Black-and-white photograph of a burned home in Los Angeles

The Atlantic Daily

Election Disinformation Is Getting More Chaotic

October 21, 2024

Two voters stand at polling booths

Rumors on X Are Becoming the Right’s New Reality

October 11, 2024

I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is

October 10, 2024

Illustration of a weather vane with a computer cursor on top.

Florida’s Risky Bet

October 10, 2024

Three people stand against the wall of a house; a downed tree and street signs are in the foreground.

November Will Be Worse

October 9, 2024

A photo illustration of a lightning storm

‘The Death Toll Is Going to Be Tremendous’

David A. Graham

October 3, 2024

People clean up a muddy downtown street using wheelbarrows

Floodlines: Timeline of Events

Vann R. Newkirk II

March 12, 2020

An aerial view of Hurricane Katrina