The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency not only addresses climate-related risks but is also responsible for an expanding repertoire of hazards. But it needs better funding. At a time when ...

Those who live near a dam in Leominster, a town 57 miles northwest of Boston, were evacuated and sheltered at a nearby middle school after the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency expressed ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration doesn’t wait until the official start of summer to declare the onset of ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced Dawn Brantley was appointed as Director of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) on Tuesday. Governor Healey surveys ...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency on Friday, and asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to issue a pre-disaster emergency declaration as Hurricane Lee threatens ...

According to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, there were about 14,000 customers without electricity as of 11 a.m. Tuesday. Check: Massachusetts Power Outages A tree branch knocked ...

Many of the disasters that have hit the Bay State in the past decade, like major flooding, cause more potent effects than local officials can handle on their own but fall short of the scale required ...

Just under 9,500 people are experiencing power outages as of 5:30 p.m. Thursday as the storm finishes, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency reported. At its peak Thursday morning ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 24 to review the Federal Emergency Management Agency, sparking concerns over the future of federal disaster relief in Massachusetts. The homepage ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency is reminding residents and travelers in the state to be aware of the possibility of flooding in low-lying areas and streets.

The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said on social media on Tuesday that it would send 3,000 sandbags to Leominster as well as staff to help at shelters for evacuated residents.