From floods to fires: See FEMA respond to disasters across the US

Drake Fowler, executive director of the North Carolina Arboretum, and Debra Morris, debris lead for FEMA, discuss how to clean up tree debris from Helene's aftermath at the arboretum on Nov. 16, 2024, Ryan Martin, Ryan Weaver and George Minges (background), with the US Army Corps of Engineers also are pictured..

People walk past a FEMA sign following a press conference at the Altadena Disaster Recovery Center on January 30, 2025 in Altadena, California.

On Nov. 16, 2024, Drake Fowler, executive director of the North Carolina Arboretum, and Debra Morris, debris lead, for FEMA, discuss how to clean up tree debris at the Asheville attraction after Helene.

Mayor Charles Lombardi of North Providence, Rhode Island, right, talks to Fire Chief John Silva while Federal Emergency Management Agency Division Supervisor Eric Pelletier, left, talks to a FEMA worker at a house on West River Parkway during a Jan. 13 tour of flood damage.

John Bowlby, a volunteer from the Home Depot in Stuart, Florida, hands out bags of ice along side other volunteers at the FEMA distribution site at the City Center in Port St. Lucie for Hurricane Frances victims on Sept. 7, 2004.

Ether Ashe, who says that he is currently homeless, speaks with a FEMA representative outside the Buncombe County Courthouse in Asheville, on N.C. Oct. 16, 2024.

People look for work, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, during the final day of the three-day FEMA job fair at the Embassy Suites Hilton in Asheville.

A man enters the FEMA-State Disaster Recovery Center in the Anderson Main Library Monday Oct. 14, 2024. Officials reported that FEMA has provided assistance for at least 311,000 people in South Carolina so far.

Red Cross worker Kim Stevens, left, of Scottsdale, Arizona chats with FEMA talent recruiter Travis Carter on Dec. 18, 2024, during the final day of the three-day FEMA job fair at the Embassy Suites Hilton in Asheville. FEMA is looking to fill positions throughout Western North Carolina after Tropical Storm Helene.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell speaking with a restaurant worker at Flour in downtown Asheville

Governor Roy Cooper greets FEMA disaster survivor assistance team members in Swannanoa, North Carolina on Oct. 15, 2024.

United States Army Corps of Engineers Brig. General Daniel Hibner, South Atlantic Division Commander, left, meeting with MaryAnn Tierney, FEMA Regional 3 Administrator, at the FEMA operations center headquartered at the Hill Street Baptist Church parking lot in Asheville, NC, on October 7, 2024.

Members of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue teams Washington Task Force 1 and Nevada Task Force 1 continue searching through destroyed neighborhoods in the Maui city of Lahaina, Hawaii on August 13, 2023.

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Headquarters is seen in Washington, DC, on Feb. 11, 2025.

FEMA disaster relief crews went door to door in some Lansing, Michigan neighborhoods to find people who had damage after the August 2023 tornadoes and storms.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper greets National Guard officers working with the FEMA disaster survivor assistance team in Swannanoa, N.C., on Oct. 15, 2024.

Adam Barnett, a disaster volunteer assistant with the Red Cross, hands out numbers to those seeking FEMA assistance at a center in Augusta, Georgia on Oct. 15, 2024.

Less Feldser, whose house was destroyed by a fire speaks to a FEMA employee at a gas station after he was denied access to his neighborhood to survey his home on June 24, 2024 in the Village of Ruidoso, New Mexico

FEMA officials wade through flood waters along St. Clair Street to assess damage in Frankfort, Kentucky. on Apr. 7, 2025. The community was bracing for an expected record level crest of the Kentucky River at 49.5 feet this week.

FEMA officials wade through flood waters along St. Clair Street to assess damage in Frankfort, Kentucky on Apr. 7, 2025 after flooding on the Kentucky River.

Two Democratic U.S. Senators, Alex Padilla (California) and Cory Booker (New Jersey) tour wildfire damage with representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA in Altadena, California, on March 21, 2025.

Drake Fowler, executive director of the North Carolina Arboretum, takes a member of FEMA and a group from the US Army Corps of Engineers around the grounds at the Asheville attraction on Nov. 16, 2024 to look at the damage left by Helene.