Hurricane Ian caused widespread damage in Florida in 2022, estimated at over $112 billion. This scene was once a shopping center. Giorgio Veira/AFP via Getty Images Imagine a world in which a ...

More than 75 federal disaster declarations were delayed in the past year, leaving cities, counties and nonprofits waiting for critical support. As climate-related emergencies become increasingly ...

Hurricane Harvey survivor Pablo Garcia receives disaster assistance at his front door from Liana Bates-Hall, FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) Crew Lead, and Lauren Cutler, right, FEMA Corps DSA ...

WASHINGTON – The homeland security secretary on Wednesday called the nation’s emergency disaster response agency a “bloated bureaucracy” as deadly floodwaters surged through the Texas hill country.

As COVID-19 first broke in March 2020 and California wildfires raged, one thing became clear: The field of psychiatry needed a new way of thinking about and responding to complicated, overlapping ...

From floods and forest fires to earthquakes—the frequency and intensity of natural disasters is increasing. This also means an increase in the number of people affected and damage to infrastructure, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The shutdown of the U.S. government has brought nonessential work to a halt across the country as thousands of ...

This hurricane season marks 20 years since Katrina made landfall—its devastation stretching far beyond the flooded streets of New Orleans. It was a disaster that permanently changed communities, ...

A proposed return to a January–December fiscal cycle threatens disaster response, infrastructure delivery, and community ...

Florida International University kicked off its 10th annual disaster field exercise today, marking a decade of preparing hundreds of students for careers in disaster management. “Disasters are ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has requested a federal disaster declaration in response to severe storms and tornadoes in March. According to Governor Kehoe, he requested ...

Interstate 40 near Black Mountain, North Carolina, was blocked by a mudslide in Hurricane Helene's aftermath. Imagine a world in which a hurricane devastates the Gulf Coast, and the U.S. has no ...