"Average annual inflation-adjusted costs more than quadrupled." Scientists sound alarm over America's recurring ...

Texas: A Disaster Magnet Where Fear Runs Deep Walking through any Texas neighborhood after a major weather event feels like ...

During the horrific flooding on July 4 in Kerr County, Texas, the catastrophe unfolded before us with its now-familiar script: Alerts were issued, warnings failed to reach the most vulnerable and ...

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has moved forward with an overhaul of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shifting more responsibility for disaster costs to individual ...

President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening. By Scott Dance Life is inching back to normal in the town of Cave ...

Get Your Family Ready and Safe. When a disaster strikes or a crisis breaks out, your first thoughts are often of family – especially your little ones. That’s why Save the Children launched Get Ready.

Many Americans remain dangerously unprepared for floods, fires, and other natural catastrophes, and their level of readiness is strongly shaped by factors like age, gender, employment status, and past ...

Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read. In that dystopian novel, published in 1993 and set in the mid-2020s, the United States still exists but has been warped by global ...

Distinguished Professor of Geography and Director of the Hazards Vulnerability & Resilience Institute, University of South Carolina When the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban ...

During the horrific flooding on July 4 in Kerr County, Texas, the catastrophe unfolded before us with its now-familiar script: Alerts were issued, warnings failed to reach the most vulnerable and ...