National Disaster Interfaiths Network (NDIN)

06/12/2026

Smart Cities Dive: Is FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency ready for disaster season?

While a new report warns of staffing shortages, vacant leadership posts and strained federal-state relationships, the agency’s acting administrator insists it is prepared for hurricane and wildfire season.

06/01/2026

Inside Climate News: As Seas Rise, Louisiana Faces a Choice: Plan for Movement or Let Crisis Decide

Coastal Louisiana may be ground zero for climate migration in the U.S., but a new study argues that planning now could turn displacement into agency.

04/15/2026

Homeland Security Today: First Major 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Forecast Predicts Slightly Below-Average Season

Fewer storms than usual may develop during the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, researchers say, as climate patterns seem poised to favor slightly below-average activity compared with a typical year.

04/13/2026

NPR: Communities are waiting on billions in disaster funding from the Trump administration

States say disaster funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has slowed to a trickle under the Trump administration. That's delaying projects to protect communities from wildfires and hurricanes.

04/02/2026

Congratulations to our latest class of disaster chaplains including NYC clergy and spiritual care providers as well as a cadre of clergy from North Carolina who remain active in flood recovery!

03/31/2026

PBS NewsHour: FEMA complies with court order to resume major disaster preparedness grant program

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday opened applications for a major resilience grant program that the agency canceled last year, less than three weeks after a federal judge ordered FEMA to make the funding available.

03/24/2026

AP: Record-smashing heat spreads: ‘Basically the entire US is going to be hot’

A huge heat dome is spreading across the United States and it is shattering March temperature records.

03/24/2026

Mountain News: FEMA Review Council Report – a review of unreleased report

A leaked draft of the FEMA Review Council’s final report on reform of the disaster response agency appears to shift considerable burden onto states, local governments, tribes and territories (SLTTs) while slashing the agency’s workforce by 50%, positioning federal response in the rear and largel...

03/02/2026

Washington Post: DHS shutdown could go on for a while — because voters aren’t paying attention

Lawmakers say their constituents are focused on other issues, like mail service and inflation.

02/25/2026

Washington Post: FEMA national security functions ‘significantly constrained’ during shutdown, email warns

The Office of National Continuity Programs is in charge of keeping the executive branch running during a catastrophe.