When a major natural disaster hits, the federal government’s assistance typically includes money to help states lessen the damage from future catastrophes. No longer. President Donald Trump is quietly ...

Immediately after Helene - communities across western North Carolina were without key resources like power and clean water, ...

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Two years after the devastating Arbor Day tornadoes struck Elkhorn, Nebraska, families are still working to rebuild their homes and lives, while local leaders develop new strategies to improve ...

When a hurricane hits or a town floods, someone has to help communities rebuild. That responsibility largely falls to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA — the federal government's ...

After months of uncertainty over its future, an online resource for tracking the financial cost of weather and climate disasters throughout the United States has been revived. The U.S. Billion Dollar ...

Disasters are tragedies. Yet they can serve as laboratories for understanding the physical and social factors governing them. Valuable information gathered during the hours, days, months, and years ...

In recent years, the frequency of weather-related natural disasters—cyclones, torrential rains, floods—has increased as a consequence of global warming. These disasters cause billions of dollars in ...

Nearly 30 billion-dollar storms rocked the United States last year. Thanks to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s disaster tracking database, we know that catastrophes are getting ...

LHOKNGA – Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has transformed her resilience into purpose. Defying Aceh's male-dominated ...

The massive and deadly floods on the Nepal–Tibet border are a stark reminder of why the world needs to constantly update its understanding of the fragile ecosystem in the Himalayas. These towering ...