Emergency Response

At least 13 dead in Texas, nearly half of them children, as winter storm grips state

Lucio Vasquez |The Texas Newsroom

At least six of the victims in Texas were children. Nationally, the storm has reportedly killed at least 50 people.
Power outages and canceled flights as winter storm brings snow, sleet and ice

Joe Hernandez, Chandelis Duster, Anusha Mathur, The NPR Network

Reporters from across the NPR Network are covering the storm in each state — the impact and how officials are responding.
FEMA is getting rid of thousands of workers in areas recovering from disasters

Rebecca Hersher

Thousands of employees whose contracts end this year will lose their jobs, FEMA managers said at personnel meetings this week. The cuts could hobble the nation's disaster agency.